Dust particles of the standard clean room

 

Federal Standard 209E(Fed.Std.209E)

 
Cleanliness class Maximum numbers of particles
0.1μm 0.2μm 0.3μm 0.5μm 5μm
Unit volume Unit volume Unit volume Unit volume Unit volume
Metric fps (m3) (ft3) (m3) (ft3) (m3) (ft3) (m3) (ft3) (m3) (ft3)
system system
M1   350 9.91 75.7 2.14 30.9 0.875 10 0.283 ... ...  ... ... 
M1.5 1 1,240 35 265 7.5 106 3 35.3 1 ... ...  ... ... 
M2   3,500 99.1 757 21.4 309 8.75 100 2.83 ... ...  ... ... 
M2.5 10 12,400 350 2,650 75 1,060 30 353 10 ... ...  ... ... 
M3   35,000 991 7,570 214 3,090 87.5 1,000 28.3 ... ...  ... ... 
M3.5 100 ... ...  ... ...  36,500 750 10,600 300 3,530 100 ... ...  ... ... 
M4   ... ...  ... ...  75,700 2,140 30,900 875 10,000 283 ... ...  ... ... 
M4.5 1000 ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  35,300 1,000 247 7
M5   ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  100,000 2,830 618 17.5
M5.5 10000 ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  353,000 10,000 2,470 70
M6   ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  1,000,000 28,300 6,180 175
M6.5 100000 ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  3,530,000 100,000 24,700 700
M7 ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  ... ...  10,000,000 283,000 61,800 1,750
 
 

ISO/TC209 (ISO 14644-1)Cleanliness standards

 
Maximum numbers of particles (unit/m3)
Class 0.1μm 0.2μm 0.3μm 0.5μm 1.0μm
ISO 9 - - - 35,200,000 293,000
ISO 8 - - - 3,520,000 29,300
ISO 7 - - - 352,000 2,930
ISO 6 1,000,000 237,000 102,000 35,200 293
ISO 5 100,000 23,700 10,200 3,520 29
ISO 4 10,000 2,370 1,020 352 0
ISO 3 1,000 237 102 35 0
ISO 2 100 24 10 4 0
ISO 1 10 2 0 0 0
 
 

ISO/TC209 Compare with Fed.Std.209E

 
ISO/ Fed.Std.209E Maximum numbers of particles
TC209
Class British SI 0.1μm 0.5μm
  Class  Class  unit/m3  unit/m3 unit/m3
ISO 9 - - - - -
ISO 8 100,000 M6.5 - 100,000 3,520,000
ISO 7 10,000 M5.5 102,000 10,000 352,000
ISO 6 1,000 M4.5 10,200 1,000 35,200
ISO 5 100 M3.5 1,020 100 3520
ISO 4 10 M2.5 102 10 352
ISO 3 1 M1.5 10 1 34
ISO 2 - - 0 0 0
ISO 1 - - - 0 0
 
 

Industraial Clean Room (ICR) Biological Clean Room (BCR) of the environmental conditions

 
Federal Specification209B Class Particles(ICR) Biological particles(BCR) Illumination Relative Humidity
Size(μm) (unit/ft3) unit/ Floating (unit/)) Settlement(unit/m3) LUX % RH
100 0.5 Above 100Below 3.5Below 0.0035Below 12,900Below 1080 45~40
10000 0.5 Above 10000Below 350Below 0.0176Below 64,600Above ~
5.0Above  65Below  2.0Below  1620
100000 0.5 Above 100000Above 3500Below 0.0884Below 323,000Below  
5.0Above 700Below 700Below   
Fresh Air Volumn : Air supply of 5 to 20% or 30ft3 / min with number of people
Pressure mmAq : 1.3 Above in difference +0.05
Temperature °F/°C : 72 72±5°F or 22.2±2.8°C
Air Ventilation : Laminar flow mode 0.45m/s±0.1m/s , turbulence mode 28 times/hr, Ceilings: height 8 to 12 feet

Airflow Conversion Table

 
CMS CMM L/s L/min CMH CFS CFM
1 60 1K 60k 3.6k 35.3 2.118k
0.0167 1 16.7 1k 60 0.588 35.35
1mili 0.06 1 60 3.6 0.0353 2.118
16.7μ 1mili 0.0167 1 0.06 588μ 0.0353
277μ 0.0167 0.277 16.7 1 9.81mili 0.588
0.0283 1.698 28.3 1.69k 101.9 1 60
0.47mili 0.0283 0.472 28.3 1.698 0.167 1
K=1000 ; mili=0.001 ; μ=10^-6=0.000001
 

Filter Efficiency and Classifications