scope:

This standard applies to several different categories of electrostatic protective packaging materials. These packaging materials may possess certain electrostatic properties such as to prevent triboelectric charging (antistatic), to dissipate a charge either by surface or volume conduction, or to act as a shield against electrostatic fields. These electrostatic properties are independent (not mutually exclusive). The form or shape in which these materials are used is unrestricted. Also, a fabricated product may possess more than one of the above electrostatic properties. The appropriate electrostatic properties a product should have, shall be determined by the user's requirements. Electromagnetic protective packaging is not addressed in this document.