IS/IEC 60068 : Part 2 : Sec 17 : 2023 Environmental Testing - Part 2 Tests - Section 17 Test Q: Sealing
NATIONAL FOREWORD
This Indian Standard (Part 2/Sec17) which is Identical to IEC 60068-2-17 : 2023 'Environmental testing - Part 2-17: Tests - Test Q: Sealing' issued by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendations of the Environmental Testing Procedure Sectional Committee and approval of the Electronics and Information Technology Division Council.
This Indian Standard was first published in 2022 and was identical to IEC 60068-2-17 : 1994. The first revision of the Indian Standard has been taken up to align it with the latest version of IEC 60068-2-17 : 2023
The main changes are as follows:
a) 'Survey of sealing tests' has been deleted and the relevant content moved to a new 4 'General';
b) The scope has been revised;
c) The figures have been updated for clarification purposes;
d) All non-SI units have been removed; and
e) The information to be given in the relevant specification has been revised.
The text of IEC standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:
a) Wherever the words 'International Standard' appears referring to this standard, they should be read as 'Indian Standard'; and
b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.