1. Scope

1.1 This guide is intended to describe the physical and chemical characteristics of water to be used whenever critical purity is essential to the use intended in clinical, pharmaceutical, biophysical, biomedical, chemical, physical research applications, or a combination of these. This guide is not intended for use in preparing water for injectables. Generally, the appropriate use of this guide may include experiments involving tissue culture, chromatography, mass spectroscopy, or analysis where molecular quantities of impurities may be important.

1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

D1125 Test Methods for Electrical Conductivity and Resistivity of Water

D1129 Terminology Relating to Water

D1193 Specification for Reagent Water

D4453 Practice for Handling of High Purity Water Samples

D5127 Guide for Ultra-Pure Water Used in the Electronics and Semiconductor Industries

D5173 Test Method for On-Line Monitoring of Carbon Compounds in Water by Chemical Oxidation, by UV Light Oxidation, by Both, or by High Temperature Combustion Followed by Gas Phase NDIR or by Electrolytic Conductivity

D5245 Practice for Cleaning Laboratory Glassware, Plasticware, and Equipment Used in Microbiological Analyses

D5391 Test Method for Electrical Conductivity and Resistivity of a Flowing High Purity Water Sample

D5542 Test Methods for Trace Anions in High Purity Water by Ion Chromatography

D5673 Test Method for Elements in Water by Inductively Coupled Plasma--Mass Spectrometry

D5996 Test Method for Measuring Anionic Contaminants in High-Purity Water by On-Line Ion Chromatography

F1094 Test Methods for Microbiological Monitoring of Water Used for Processing Electron and Microelectronic Devices by Direct Pressure Tap Sampling Valve and by the Presterilized Plastic Bag Method

Keywords

bio-applications; clinical; medicinal; pharmaceutical; purified water; research;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 71.060.01 (Inorganic chemicals in general)

DOI: 10.1520/D5196-91R99

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