Iso cleanroom classifications are usually associated with particulate counts rather than airflow.
Iso 9 clean room.
Terms definitions and units.
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.
The primary authority in the us and canada is the iso classification system iso 14644 1.
An iso 1 is the cleanest whereas an iso 9 is the dirtiest status for cleanroom standards.
Iso 14644 1 and iso 14698.
Cleanroom design and construction.
Iso 14644 1 and iso 14698 are non governmental standards developed by the international organization for standardization iso.
For instance class 7 cleanroom class 10 000 should contain no more than 2 930 ppm of particulates that are less than 5 microns in size or 352 000 ppm of particulates less than 0 5 microns per cubic meter of room area.
The former applies to clean rooms in general see table below.
The ambient air outside in a typical city environment contains 35 000 000 particles per cubic meter 0 5 micron and larger in diameter corresponding to an iso 9 cleanroom which is at the lowest level of cleanroom standards.
Ordinary room air is around class 1 000 000 or iso 9.
Cleanroom testing for compliance.
To measure contaminants found in the cleanroom the standard deployed is a micron or micrometer μm micron measurement represents the cleanroom standard size for.