The primary authority in the us and canada is the iso classification system iso 14644 1.
Iso cleanroom standard.
A cleanroom is an enclosed room equipped to control the levels of airborne particulate matter.
To some extent iso 14644 cleanroom standards.
Positive pressure keeps new particles from entering the clean area.
Only particle populations having cumulative distributions based on threshold lower limit particle sizes ranging from 0 1 µm to 5 µm are considered for classification purposes.
A cleanroom must have less than 35 200 000 particles 0 5 micron per cubic meter and 20 hepa filtered air changes per hour.
By comparison a typical office space would be 5 10 times more dirty.
This standard includes the cleanroom classes iso 1 iso 2 iso 3 iso 4 iso 5 iso 6 iso 7 iso 8 and iso 9 with iso 1 being the cleanest and iso 9 the dirtiest class but still cleaner than a regular room.
Iso cleanroom standards clean rooms are classified by how clean the air is.
Iso 8 cleanroom standards cleanroom classifications range from iso 1 to iso 9 with iso 9 being the dirtiest and iso 1 being the cleanest these classifications are assigned based on the maximum allowable concentration of particles per cubic foot or meter of air.
Standardization for cleanrooms and associated controlled environments for controlling cleanliness as well as other attributes and characteristics relating to facilities sustainability equipment processes and operations.
Specifications for testing and monitoring to prove continued compliance with iso 14644 1.
This was superseded by international standard iso 14644 cleanrooms and controlled environments part 1.
And separative devices as defined in iso 14644 7.
Unless specifically noted as an iso standard one could assume that the us fed.
This part of iso 14644 specifies the classification of air cleanliness in terms of concentration of airborne particles in cleanrooms and clean zones.
Classification of air cleanliness and part 2.
Standard cleanroom has a particle threshold equivalent of an iso class 3 iso standard.
This control is achieved by air pressure and filters.
Additionally clean room classifications require that positive pressure is continuously maintained while the cleanroom is operational.
In federal standard 209 a to d of the usa the number of particles equal to and greater than 0 5mm is measured in one cubic foot of air and this count is used to classify the cleanroom.
The equivalent fed standard is class 100 000 or 100 000 particles per cubic foot.
Iso 8 is the least clean cleanroom classification.