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  • CSA C22.2 No. 60079-11 : 2014

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    EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES - PART 11: EQUIPMENT PROTECTION BY INTRINSIC SAFETY 'I'

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  10-09-2021

    Language(s):  English - French

    Published date:  01-02-2014

    Publisher:  Canadian Standards Association

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    FOREWORD
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Grouping and classification of intrinsically safe apparatus
       and associated apparatus
    5 Levels of protection and ignition compliance requirements
       of electrical apparatus
    6 Apparatus construction
    7 Components on which intrinsic safety depends
    8 Infallible components, infallible assemblies of components
       and infallible connections on which intrinsic safety depends
    9 Supplementary requirements for specific apparatus
    10 Type verifications and type tests
    11 Routine verifications and tests
    12 Marking
    13 Documentation
    Annex A (normative) - Assessment of intrinsically safe circuits
    Annex B (normative) - Spark test apparatus for intrinsically
            safe circuits
    Annex C (informative) - Measurement of creepage distances,
            clearances and separation distances through casting
            compound and through solid insulation
    Annex D (normative) - Encapsulation
    Annex E (informative) - Transient energy test
    Annex F (normative) - Alternative separation distances for
            assembled printed circuit boards and separation of
            components
    Annex G (normative) - Fieldbus intrinsically safe concept
            (FISCO) - Apparatus requirements
    Annex H (informative) - Ignition testing of semiconductor
            limiting power supply circuits
    Bibliography
    Annex HA (normative) - Intrinsically safe and associated
             equipment for use in Class I, II, and III, Division 1
             hazardous locations

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    This part of IEC 60079 specifies the construction and testing of intrinsically safe apparatus intended for use in an explosive atmosphere and for associated apparatus, which is intended for connection to intrinsically safe circuits which enter such atmospheres.

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    Development Note Supersedes CSA E60079.11. (04/2012)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Canadian Standards Association
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
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