EN 60068-2-39:2016

Environmental testing - Part 2-39: Tests - Tests and guidance: Combined temperature or temperature and humidity with low air pressure tests

IEC 60068-2-39:2015 provides a description of test methods and guidance for testing of equipment or components under combined temperature or temperature and humidity with low air pressure tests. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1976 and constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) preferred severities of the IEC 60068 series; b) combined temperature, humidity and low air pressure.

Umgebungseinflüsse - Teil 2-39: Prüfverfahren - Prüfungen und Leitfaden: Kombinierte Prüfung der Temperatur oder Temperatur und Feuchte mit niedrigem Luftdruck

Essais d'environnement - Partie 2-39: Essais - Essais et lignes directrices: Essais combinés de température ou de température et d’humidité à basse pression atmosphérique

L'IEC 60068-2-39:2015 fournit une description de méthodes d'essai et de lignes directrices pour les essais des matériels ou des composants pour les essais combinés de température ou de température et d'humidité à basse pression atmosphérique. Cette deuxième édition annule et remplace la première édition parue en 1976. Cette édition constitue une révision technique. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente: a) sévérités préférentielles de la série IEC 60068; b) température, humidité et basse pression atmosphérique combinées.

Okoljsko preskušanje - 2-39. del: Preskusi in navodila: Preskušanje temperature ali temperature in vlage v kombinaciji z nizkim zračnim tlakom

Ta del standarda IEC 60068 vsebuje opis preskusnih metod in smernice za preskušanje vpliva temperature ali temperature in vlage v kombinaciji z nizkim zračnim tlakom na opremo ali komponente. Cilj kombiniranega preskušanja je raziskati, kako vpliva temperatura ali temperatura in vlaga v kombinaciji z nizkim zračnim tlakom na opremo ali komponente. Metoda kombiniranih preskusov zazna električne, mehanske ali druge fizikalne spremembe.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 21-Jan-2016
• Withdrawal Date: 21-Jan-2019
• ICS: 19.040 - Environmental testing
• Technical Committee: CLC/SR 104 - Environmental conditions, classification and methods of test
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 104 - IEC_TC_104
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 22-Jan-2016
• Completion Date: 22-Jan-2016
• Ref Project: SIST EN 60068-2-39:2016 - Environmental testing - Part 2-39: Tests and Guidance: Combined temperature or temperature and humidity with low air pressure tests

Relations

• Replaces: EN 60068-3-2:1999 - Environmental testing - Part 3: Background information - Section 2: Combined temperature/low air pressure tests
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Replaces: EN 60068-2-39:1999 - Environmental testing - Part 2: Tests - Test Z/AMD: Combined sequential cold, low air pressure and damp heat test
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2016
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SIST EN 60068-2-39:2001
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Environmental testing - Part 2-39: Tests and Guidance: Combined temperature or
temperature and humidity with low air pressure tests
Umgebungseinflüsse - Teil 2-39: Prüfverfahren und Leitfaden - Kombinierte Prüfung der
Temperatur oder Temperatur und Feuchte mit niedrigem Luftdruck (IEC
104/609/CDV:2013)
/
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60068-2-39:2016
ICS:
19.040 Preskušanje v zvezi z Environmental testing
okoljem
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60068-2-39

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
January 2016
ICS 19.040 Supersedes EN 60068-2-39:1999
English Version
Environmental testing - Part 2-39: Tests - Tests and guidance:
Combined temperature or temperature and humidity with low air
pressure tests
(IEC 60068-2-39:2015)
Essais d'environnement - Partie 2-39: Essais - Essais et Umgebungseinflüsse - Teil 2-39: Prüfverfahren - Prüfungen
lignes directrices: Essais combinés de température ou de und Leitfaden: Kombinierte Prüfung der Temperatur oder
température et d'humidité à basse pression atmosphérique Temperatur und Feuchte mit niedrigem Luftdruck
(IEC 60068-2-39:2015) (IEC 60068-2-39:2015)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2015-10-21. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
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Ref. No. EN 60068-2-39:2016 E
European foreword
The text of document 104/657/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 60068-2-39, prepared by
IEC/TC 104 "Environmental conditions, classification and methods of test" was submitted to the
IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 60068-2-39:2016.

The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2016-07-22
• latest date by which the document has to be
implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national (dow) 2019-01-22
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60068-2-39:1999.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
patent rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60068-2-39:2015 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60068-2 (series) NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2 (series).
IEC 60068-2-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-1.
IEC 60068-2-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-2.
IEC 60068-2-13 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-2-13.
IEC 60068-3-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60068-3-1.

Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE 1 When an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant

EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60068-1 -  Environmental testing -- Part 1: General EN 60068-1 -
and guidance
IEC 60068-2-78 -  Environmental testing -- Part 2-78: Tests - EN 60068-2-78 -
Test Cab: Damp heat, steady state

IEC 60068-2-39 ®
Edition 2.0 2015-09
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Environmental testing –
Part 2-39: Tests – Tests and guidance: Combined temperature or temperature

and humidity with low air pressure tests

Essais d'environnement –
Partie 2-39: Essais – Essais et lignes directrices: Essais combinés de

température ou de température et d’humidité à basse pression atmosphérique

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 19.040 ISBN 978-2-8322-2897-5

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope and object . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Testing . 6
4.1 General . 6
4.2 Preferred combinations . 6
4.3 Initial measurement and functional performance test . 7
4.4 Test procedure . 7
4.4.1 Preconditioning . 7
4.4.2 Test with temperature and low air pressure . 7
4.4.3 Test with temperature, humidity and low air pressure . 9
5 Final measurements . 12
6 Information to be given in the relevant specification . 12
7 Information to be given in the test report. 12
Annex A (informative) Guidance on combined temperature or temperature and
humidity with low air pressure testing . 14
A.1 General . 14
A.2 Environmental effects . 14
A.3 Measurement of temperature . 14
Bibliography . 16

Figure 1 – Example of test sequence with cold temperature and low air pressure . 8
Figure 2 – Example of test sequence with dry heat and low air pressure . 9
Figure 3 – Example of test sequence of temperature and humidity with low air
pressure . 11

Table 1 – Test severities . 7

IEC 60068-2-39:2015 © IEC 2015 – 3 –
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING –
Part 2-39: Tests –
Tests and guidance: Combined temperature or
temperature and humidity with low air pressure tests

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International Standard IEC 60068-2-39 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 104:
Environmental conditions, classification and methods of test.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1976 and constitutes a
technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) preferred severities of the IEC 60068 series;
b) combined temperature, humidity and low air pressure

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The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
104/657/FDIS 104/661/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
A list of all parts in the IEC 60068 series, published under the general title Environmental
testing, can be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this
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