Abstract
The majority of national and international standards with electrostatics in their scope are concerned with controlling the hazards and undesirable effects of static electricity. There are some standards that relate to applications of static electricity, electrophotographic printing for example, but these are not included in this review. This review is far from comprehensive, but is confined to some of the standards with which the author is most familiar and in the development of which the author has participated. Many of these are in the IEC 61340 series of electrostatic standards [10-27], including the core system standard for protection of electronic devices, IEC 61340-5-1 [23]. Also in the IEC 61340 series are standards for healthcare facilities and new projects to develop guidance for office areas and public spaces. The system standard for controlling electrostatic hazards in explosive atmospheres is IEC TS 60079-32-1 [2], which is supported by a testing standard IEC 60079-32-2 [3]. These two standards are under revision at the time of writing and some issues that might be considered in the revision are also discussed in this review.
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