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Very Important

ISTA 1 Series Integrity Test Procedure

The entire document shall be read and understood before proceeding with a test.

There are three sections: Overview, Testing and Report

• Overview provides the general knowledge required before going into the testing laboratory and

• Testing presents the specific instructions to do the testing in the laboratory and

• Report indicates what data shall be recorded to submit a test report to ISTA.

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Two systems of weights and measures are presented in ISTA test procedures. They are the English system (Inch-Pound) and the international system SI (Metric). Inch-Pound units are shown first with Metric units in brackets, except in some tables where they are shown separately.

• Either system may be used as the unit of measure (standard units), but

• The standard units chosen shall be used consistently throughout the procedure.

• Units are converted to two significant figures and

• Not exact equivalents.