Temperature and humidity chambers require a water source to function, but the water must be compatible to prevent maintenance issues and ensure reliable, accurate results.
Consider this: water full of minerals can lead to sediment buildup and clog the chamber’s humidity system. However, if the water is too clean or pure, it can corrode the metals it comes into contact with when traveling through the test chamber.
For this reason, our team of seasoned experts recommends using demineralized or single distilled water for optimal performance that falls in the following ranges in three benchmarks that indicate water purity:
Resistivity: 0.05MΩ * cm to 6MΩ * cm
Conductivity: 20µS to 0.167µS
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS): 10 ppm to 1 ppm
Most city water is too hard to be used with AES humidity chambers. To combat this issue you will either need to use a water demineralizer system or a water recycling system.
A humidity chamber enables you to precisely control temperature and humidity conditions in an enclosed space. In doing so, you can test how products, materials, and components can be expected to perform in real-world environments.
They range in size from small benchtop units (one cubic feet of volume or smaller) to large walk-in chambers.