ASTM F1001-12(2017)

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: F1001 − 12 (Reapproved 2017)
Standard Guide for
Selection of Chemicals to Evaluate Protective Clothing
Materials
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1001; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
Workers involved in the production, use, and transportation of chemicals can be exposed to
numerous compounds capable of causing harm upon contact with the human body. The deleterious
effects of these chemicals can range from acute trauma, such as dermatitis or burns, to chronic
degenerative disease, such as cancer or pulmonary fibrosis. Because engineering controls may not
eliminate all possible exposures, attention is often given to reducing the potential for direct skin
contact through the use of protective clothing that resists degradation, penetration, and permeation.
Standard test methods are being established to measure degradation, penetration, and permeation
chemical resistance of protective clothing materials. Chemical resistance information for a number of
chemicals often accompanies many protective clothing articles. However, because there are so many
possible protective clothing and chemical combinations, the number and type of chemicals appearing
in chemical resistance tables vary extensively.
This guide establishes a standardized list of chemicals to be used in evaluating protective clothing
materials. The list of chemicals includes a broad range of representative chemical classes and
properties. This guide is intended to provide a minimum set of chemicals in generating test results for
protective clothing users and to aid in screening new materials.
1. Scope bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. A specific hazards
statement is given in Section 7.
1.1 The purpose of this guide is to provide a recommended
1.5 This international standard was developed in accor-
list of both liquid and gaseous chemicals for evaluating
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
protective clothing materials in testing programs.
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
1.2 Results derived from testing programs using these lists
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
of test chemicals are not intended for the definitive character-
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
ization of protective clothing materials.
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
1.3 Thislistoftestchemicalsisnotinclusiveofallchemical
2. Referenced Documents
challenges; the chemicals were chosen to represent broad
ranges of liquid and gaseous chemical classes and properties.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Not all chemical classes are represented. Other chemicals,
F739 Test Method for Permeation of Liquids and Gases
especially those of interest to the manufacturer or user, should
throughProtectiveClothingMaterialsunderConditionsof
be tested in addition to those recommended in this guide.
Continuous Contact
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
F903 Test Method for Resistance of Materials Used in
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Protective Clothing to Penetration by Liquids
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- F1052 Test Method for Pressure Testing Vapor Protective
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
Suits
F1494 Terminology Relating to Protective Clothing
This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F23 on Personal
Protective Clothing and Equipment and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
F23.30 on Chemicals. For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Current edition approved June 1, 2017. Published June 2017. Originally contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
approved in 1989. Last previous edition approved in 2012 as F1001 – 12. DOI: Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
10.1520/F1001-12R17. the ASTM website.
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F1001 − 12 (2017)
F2588 Test Method for Man-In-Simulant Test (MIST) for list includes 15 liquid chemicals while the other list includes
Protective Ensembles six gaseous chemicals. Users of this guide may evaluate
protective clothing materials against either list or both lists in
2.2 OSHA Standards:
29 CFR 1910.1047 Ethylene Oxide combination.
29 CFR 1910.1051 1,3-Butadiene
4.2 Types of testing programs are not specified. However,
29 CFR 1910.1052 Dichloromethane
whenaprotectiveclothingmaterialistestedinaccordancewith
2.3 Other Standards:
this guide and any appropriate test method, all results and
Compressed GasAssociationPublicationP-1 SafeHandling
documentation required by the test method should be reported
of Compressed Gases in Containers
for each chemical tested.
3. Terminology
5. Significance and Use
3.1 Definitions:
5.1 This guide establishes a recommended list of challenge
3.1.1 degradation, n—the deleterious change in one or more
chemicalstoencouragethosewhoevaluatechemicalprotective
properties of a material.
clothing to test a minimum number of chemicals in common.
3.1.2 penetration, n—for chemical protective clothing, the
This list will simplify the comparison of data from different
movement of substances through voids in protective clothing
sources.
materials or items on a non-molecular level.
3.1.2.1 Discussion—Voids include gaps, pores, holes, and 5.2 This guide may also serve material developers or
imperfections in closures, seams, interfaces, and protective evaluators in screening candidate protective clothing materials.
clothing materials. Penetration does not require a change of
5.3 Test methods applicable to the use of this guide include,
state; solid chemicals move through voids in materials as
but are not limited to, Test Methods F903 and F739.
solids, liquids as liquids, and gases as gases. Penetration is a
5.3.1 The battery of chemical gases shall not be used for
distinctly different mechanism from permeation.
testing material penetration resistance because Test Method
3.1.3 permeation, n—for chemical protective clothing, the
F903 has been designed for measuring liquid penetration only.
movements of chemicals as molecules through protective
5.3.2 Evaluation of materials against the gaseous chemical
clothing materials by the processes of (1) absorption of the
battery is primarily intended for those materials used in the
chemical into the contact surface of the materials, (2) diffusion
construction of totally encapsulating protective suits or other
of the absorbed molecules throughout the material, and (3)
clothing items that are designed to prevent exposure to
desorption of the chemical from the opposite surface of the
chemical vapors or gases. Only vapor-protective clothing that
material.
has been evaluated for and has demonstrated appropriate levels
3.1.3.1 Discussion—Permeation is a distinctly different
of inward leakage against gases and vapor is appropriate for
mechanism from penetration.
protection against vapors and gases. Protective clothing that
3.1.4 protective clothing material, n—any material or com-
only covers part of the body or that does not have vapor-
binationofmaterialsusedinanitemofclothingforthepurpose
resistant closures, closures, or interfaces to other ensemble
of isolating parts of the body from a potential hazard.
components does not provide protection against hazardous
3.1.5 test chemical, n—the solid, liquid, gas, or mixture chemical vapors and gases.
thereof, used to evaluate the performance of a protective
NOTE 1—Methods to evaluate the vapor-protective performance of
clothing material.
protective clothing ensembles include, but are not limited to, Test Method
F1052 and Test Method F2588.
3.1.6 totally encapsulating chemical protective suit, n—a
full-body garment that is constructed of protective clothing
5.4 The presence of any chemical in this battery does not
materials; covers the wearer’s torso, head, arms, and legs; may
connote any special significance of the chemical for protecting
cover the wearer’s hands and feet with permanently or tightly
workers from chemical hazards. This battery of chemicals is
attached gloves and boots; completely encloses the wearer by
intended to represent a range of chemical classes, hazards,
itself or in combination with the wea
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