Designation:F1052−14StandardTestMethodforPressureTestingVaporProtectiveSuits1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1052;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONPersonnelinindustryandemergencyresponsecanbeexposedtonumerouschemicalscapableofcausingharmuponcontactwiththehumanbody.Thedeleteriouseffectsofthesechemicalscanrangefromacutetraumasuchasskinirritationandburn,tochronicdegenerativediseasesuchascancer.Sinceengineeringcontrolsmaynoteliminateallpossibleexposures,attentionisoftenplacedonreducingthepotentialfordirectskincontactthroughtheuseofprotectiveclothing.Protectiveclothingisavailableinavarietyofconstructions,configurationsandmaterials,andisdesignedtoprovidevariouslevelsofprotectionagainstmanyhazards.Vaporprotectivesuitsgenerallyofferthehighestlevelofchemicalprotectionbeingconstructedtopreventcontactofsolid,liquid,orgaseouschemicalswiththewearer.Thistestmethodevaluatestheintegrityandconstructionofvaporprotectivesuitsbywayofaninternalpressuretest.Thistestmethoddoesnotmeasuretheprotectionofthesuit.Othertestsmeasuretheprotectiveaspectsoftheensemblesthatarebasedonthesesuits,includingTestMethodF2588forevaluatingchemicalvaporinwardleakage,TestMethodF1359forevaluatingsplashresistanceusingashowertest,andPracticeF1154forevaluatingtheoverallform,fit,andfunctionofaprotectiveensembleusingasimulatedweartest.ResistancetochemicalpermeationofmaterialsusedinprotectiveclothingshouldbeevaluatedbyTestMethodsF739forcontinuouscontactandF1383forintermittentcontact(thatis,splash),orbyTestMethodF1407accordingtothepermeationcupmethod.ResistanceofprotectiveclothingmaterialstoliquidpenetrationshouldbedeterminedbyTestMethodF903.Physicalpropertiesofmaterialsusedintheconstructionofprotectiveclothingcanbedeterminedusingavarietyoftestmethods,includingTestMetho...
