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This International Standard specifies a test method designed to evaluate the behaviour of materials used for protective clothing when such materials are struck by small metal splashes, especially when hot metal drops are staying in the folds of the fabric. The results obtained by this method enable the behaviour of different materials, which have undergone this test under standardized conditions to be compared. They do not permit conclusions with respect to contacts with large splashes of molten cast iron or other metal to be drawn; neither will they allow the behaviour of complete garments under industrial conditions to be predicated. This standard is used to assess the conformity to the basic requirement of EU directive 89/686 EEC Annex II, paragraph 3.6.1, PPE which may be splashed by hot products.