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Components are considered watertight if, depending on the application, no water ingress or egress is detectable within a defined period.<\/p>

In industrial leak testing, the tightness against various media is tested with air or other gases for practical reasons.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The following guideline values apply:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Characteristic<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/td>

Air leakage<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/td>

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Note<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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Water Tightness<\/p><\/td>

0.5 cm³\/min<\/p><\/td>

12 cm³\/min<\/p><\/td>

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Oil tightness<\/a><\/p><\/td>

0.6 cm³\/min<\/p><\/td>

4.5 cm³\/min<\/p><\/td>

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Fuel tightness<\/a><\/p><\/td>

0.1 cm³\/min<\/p><\/td>

3 cm³\/min<\/p><\/td>

Values for liquid fuel<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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0.0006 cm³\/min<\/p><\/td>

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Current value for USA export<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Note:
The extremely low value for petrol tightness results from the requirement for fuel systems to be tight against vapours. The higher value represents the liquid tightness against petrol. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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