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This part of IEC 60079 describes the specific requirements for the construction, testing and marking of electrical equipment, parts of electrical equipment and Ex components with the type of protection encapsulation "m" intended for use in explosive gas atmospheres or explosive dust atmospheres. The responsible Committee is K 241 "Schlagwetter- und explosionsgeschützte elektrische Betriebsmittel" ("Electrical apparatus for potentially explosive atmospheres") of the DKE (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) at DIN and VDE.
This document replaces DIN EN 60079-18 Berichtigung 1:2006-09; VDE 0170/0171-9 Berichtigung 1:2006-09 , DIN EN 60079-18:2005-01; VDE 0170/0171-9:2005-01 , DIN EN 61241-18:2005-07; VDE 0170-15-18:2005-07 .
This document has been replaced by: DIN EN 60079-18:2015-10; VDE 0170-9:2015-10 .