ISO 10109-2024 PDF

Full title and description

ISO 10109:2024 — Optics and photonics — Guidance for the selection of environmental tests. This International Standard provides tabulated guidance to help manufacturers, test houses and designers select appropriate environmental tests and parameters for optical and photonic instruments, referencing standardized methods (notably ISO 9022) and supplementing them with additional parameters relevant to optics and photonics.

Abstract

Contains tables of environmental tests and test parameters used as a guideline for selecting environmental tests for optical and photonic instruments. The tables link application areas to environmental test methods (including ISO 9022 parts) and specify requirements for assessing reliability of optical, mechanical, chemical and electrical properties or performance when exposed to environmental influences.

General information

• Status: Published
• Publication date: February 2024
• Publisher: International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• ICS / categories: 37.020 (Optics and photonics)
• Edition / version: Edition 3 (2024)
• Number of pages: 22

Scope

Provides guidance (in tabular form) for selecting environmental tests and specific test parameters applicable to optical and photonic instruments and components. It covers selection of standardized environmental tests (ISO 9022 series) and additional parameters not included in ISO 9022 but necessary for evaluating optical/photonics-specific performance and reliability under environmental stress.

Key topics and requirements

• Tables mapping areas of application to appropriate environmental test methods (including ISO 9022 parts).
• Selection guidance for temperature, humidity, vibration, shock, mechanical stress, chemical exposure, contamination and other environmental parameters relevant to optics and photonics.
• Specification of test parameters required to assess optical, mechanical, chemical and electrical performance and reliability.
• Supplementary parameters and test conditions not covered by ISO 9022 but important for optical/photonics instruments (e.g., contamination control, optical alignment sensitivity under stress).
• Guidance intended to harmonize test selection across manufacturers, laboratories and procurement specifications to ensure meaningful qualification.

Typical use and users

Used by optical and photonic component and system manufacturers, design and test engineers, environmental test laboratories, quality and reliability engineers, procurement/specification writers, and R&D teams who need consistent guidance to select and justify environmental test regimes for optical instruments and systems.

Related standards

Directly references and complements the ISO 9022 series (environmental test methods) for selection and assignment of test methods. It supersedes the earlier ISO 10109 edition (2014) and is produced under ISO/TC 172/SC 1 (Optics and photonics — environmental testing guidance).

Keywords

optics; photonics; environmental testing; environmental tests; ISO 9022; reliability; test parameters; vibration; temperature; humidity; contamination; optical instruments.

FAQ

Q: What is this standard?

A: ISO 10109:2024 is an International Standard titled "Optics and photonics — Guidance for the selection of environmental tests" that provides tables and guidance to help select environmental tests and parameters for optical and photonic instruments.

Q: What does it cover?

A: It covers the selection of standardized environmental tests (notably those in the ISO 9022 series) and additional test parameters needed to evaluate optical, mechanical, chemical and electrical performance and reliability of optics and photonics equipment under environmental influences.

Q: Who typically uses it?

A: Manufacturers, test laboratories, design and reliability engineers, procurement/specification authors, and R&D teams in the optics and photonics industry use this guidance to define appropriate environmental test programs.

Q: Is it current or superseded?

A: ISO 10109:2024 is the current published edition (Edition 3, 2024) and replaces the earlier ISO 10109:2014 edition.

Q: Is it part of a series?

A: It is related to and intended to be used together with the ISO 9022 series (environmental test methods) and sits within the body of optics and photonics standards developed by ISO/TC 172/SC 1.

Q: What are the key keywords?

A: Key keywords include optics, photonics, environmental testing, ISO 9022, reliability, test parameters, temperature, humidity, vibration, contamination.