ASTM B117-16
Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
- Standard No.
- ASTM B117-16
- Release Date
- 2016
- Published By
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- Status
- Replace By
- ASTM B117-18
- Latest
- ASTM B117-19
- Scope
3.1 This practice provides a controlled corrosive environment which has been utilized to produce relative corrosion resistance information for specimens of metals and coated metals exposed in a given test chamber.
3.2 Prediction of performance in natural environments has seldom been correlated with salt spray results when used as stand alone data.
3.2.1 Correlation and extrapolation of corrosion performance based on exposure to the test environment provided by this practice are not always predictable.
3.2.2 Correlation and extrapolation should be considered only in cases where appropriate corroborating long-term atmospheric exposures have been conducted.
3.3 The reproducibility of results in the salt spray exposure is highly dependent on the type of specimens tested and the evaluation criteria selected, as well as the control of the operating variables. In any testing program, sufficient replicates should be included to establish the variability of the results. Variability has been observed when similar specimens are tested in different fog chambers even though the testing conditions are nominally similar and within the ranges specified in this practice.
1.1 This practice covers the apparatus, procedure, and conditions required to create and maintain the salt spray (fog) test environment. Suitable apparatus which may be used is described in Appendix X1.
1.2 This practice does not prescribe the type of test specimen or exposure periods to be used for a specific product, nor the interpretation to be given to the results.
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
ASTM B117-16 Referenced Document
- ASTM B368 Standard Method for Copper-Accelerated Acetic Acid-Salt Spray (Fog) Testing (CASS Test)
- ASTM D1193 Standard Specification for Reagent Water
- ASTM D1654 Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Painted or Coated Specimens Subjected to Corrosive Environments
- ASTM D609 Standard Practice for Preparation of Cold-Rolled Steel Panels for Testing Paint, Varnish, Conversion Coatings, and Related Coating Products
- ASTM E691 Standard Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Study to Determine the Precision of a Test Method
- ASTM E70 Standard Test Method for pH of Aqueous Solutions With the Glass Electrode
- ASTM G85 Standard Practice for Modified Salt Spray (Fog) Testing
ASTM B117-16 history
- 2019 ASTM B117-19 Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
- 2018 ASTM B117-18 Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
- 2016 ASTM B117-16 Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
- 2011 ASTM B117-11 Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
- 2009 ASTM B117-09 Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
- 2007 ASTM B117-07a Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
- 2007 ASTM B117-07 Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
- 2003 ASTM B117-03 Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
- 2002 ASTM B117-02 Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
- 1997 ASTM B117-97 Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
- 1990 ASTM B117-90 Standard Test Method of Salt Spray (Fog) Testing
- 1979 ASTM B117-73(1979) Standard Method of Salt Spray (Fog) Testing
- 1964 ASTM B117-64 Standard Method Of Salt Spray (Fog) Testing
