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title: "ASTM G85"
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description: "This practice covers and sets forth conditions for five modifications in salt spray (fog) testing for specification purposes."
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ASTM Standard

# ASTM G85

Standard Practice for Modified Salt Spray (Fog) Testing

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## Significance and Use

3.1 This practice is applicable to ferrous and nonferrous metals; also organic and inorganic coatings. The variations described herein are useful when a different or more corrosive environment than the salt fog described in Practice B117 is desired.

## Scope

1.1 This practice covers and sets forth conditions for five modifications in salt spray (fog) testing for specification purposes. These are in chronological order of their development:

1.1.1 _Annex A1_, acetic acid-salt spray test, continuous.

1.1.2 _Annex A2_, cyclic acidified salt spray test.

1.1.3 _Annex A3_, seawater acidified test, cyclic (SWAAT).

1.1.4 _Annex A4_, SO2 salt spray test, cyclic.

1.1.5 _Annex A5_, dilute electrolyte cyclic fog dry test.

1.2 This practice does not prescribe the type of modification, test specimen or exposure periods to be used for a specific product, nor the interpretation to be given to the results.

1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses after SI units are provided for information only and are not considered standard.