scope:

This standard addresses process descriptions, process validation, cleanliness control and monitoring, recontamination prevention, quality assurance as follows:

PROCESSES DESCRIPTIONS, including

- Detergent cleaning

- Alcohol cleaning

- Ultrapure water cleaning

- Liquid boundary layer disruption cleaning

- Multiple solvent cleaning (JPL procedure)

- Vacuum bakeout

- Supercritical fluids cleaning

- Carbon dioxide snow cleaning

- Plasma cleaning

- Pyrolysis

- Criteria for selecting other/novel processes

PROCESS VALIDATION

- Test material selection

- Preparation of test materials for process application

- Deposition of contaminants

- Description of test conditions

- Verification of cleanliness level

CLEANLINESS CONTROL AND MONITORING, including

- Micro/nano imaging techniques

- Spectrometry techniques

- Spectroscopy techniques

- Chromatography techniques

RECONTAMINATION PREVENTION

- Packaging systems

- Protective covers

- Storage

QUALITY ASSURANCE

This standard may be tailored for the specific characteristic and constrains of a space project in conformance with ECSS-S-ST-00.