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Number Title

60079-0

Explosive atmospheres -

Part 0: Equipment - General requirements

60079-1

Explosive atmospheres -

Part 1: Equipment protection by flameproof enclosures 'd'

60079-2

Explosive atmospheres -

Part 2: Equipment protection by pressurized enclosures 'p'

60079-5

Explosive atmospheres -

Part 5: Equipment protection by powder filling 'q'

60079-6

Explosive atmospheres -

Part 6: Equipment protection by oil immersion 'o'

60079-7

Explosive atmospheres -

Part 7: Equipment protection by increased safety 'e'

60079-11

Explosive atmospheres -

Part 11: Equipment protection by intrinsic safety 'i'

60079-15

Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres -

Part 15: Construction, test and marking of type of protection 'n' electrical apparatus

60079-18

Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres -

Part 18: Construction, test and marking of type of protection encapsulation 'm' electrical apparatus

60079-19

Explosive atmospheres -

Part 19: Equipment repair, overhaul and reclamation

60079-25

Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres -

Part 25: Intrinsically safe systems

60079-26

Explosive atmospheres -

Part 26: Equipment with equipment protection level (EPL) Ga

60079-27

Explosive atmospheres -

Part 27: Fieldbus intrinsically safe concept (FISCO)

60079-28

Explosive atmospheres -

Part 28: Protection of equipment and transmission systems using optical radiation

60079-29-1

Explosive atmospheres -

Part 29-1: Gas detectors - Performance requirements of detectors for flammable gases

60079-29-2

Explosive atmospheres -

Part 29-2: Gas detectors - Selection, installation, use and maintenance of detectors for flammable gases and oxygen

60079-30-1

Explosive atmospheres -

Part 30-1: Electrical resistance trace heating - General and testing requirements

60079-31 Explosive atmospheres –
Part 31: Equipment dust ignition protection by enclosure 't'

61241-0

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible dust -

Part 0: General requirements

61241-1

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible dust -

Part 1: Protection by enclosures 'tD'

61241-1-1

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible dust -

Part 1: Electrical apparatus protected by enclosures and surface temperature limitation - Specification for apparatus

61241-4

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible dust -

Part 4: Type of protection 'pD'

61241-11

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible dust -

Part 11: Protection by intrinsic safety 'iD'

61241-18

Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible dust -

Part 18: Protection by encapsulation 'mD'

61779-1

Electrical apparatus for the detection and measurement of flammable gases -

Part 1: General requirements and test methods

61779-2

Electrical apparatus for the detection and measurement of flammable gases -

Part 2: Performance requirements for group I apparatus indicating a volume fraction up to 5% methane in air

61779-3

Electrical apparatus for the detection and measurement of flammable gases -

Part 3: Performance requirements for group I apparatus indicating a volume fraction up to 100% methane in air

61779-4

Electrical apparatus for the detection amd measurement of flammable gases -

Part 4: Performance requirements for group II apparatus indicating a volume fraction up to 100% lower explosive limit

61779-5

Electrical apparatus for the detection and measurement of flammable gases -

Part 5: Performance requirements for group II apparatus indicating a volume fraction up to 100% gas

62013-1

Caplights for use in mines susceptible to firedamp -

Part 1: General requirements - Construction and testing in relation to the risk of explosion

62013-2

Caplights for use in mines susceptible to firedamp -

Part 2: Performance and other safety-related matters

62086-1

Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres –
Electrical resistance trace heating – Part 1: General and testing requirements