This Standard was technically approved by the Photovoltaic - Materials Global Technical Committee. This edition was approved for publication by the global Audits and Reviews Subcommittee on August 31, 2015. Available at www.semiviews.org and www.semi.org in November 2015; originally published November 2010.

This Document provides suggested maximum impurity levels for one grade of argon (Ar) that is used in the photovoltaic industry.

This Document refers to an ‘as supplied’ product; not point of use. Its quality is determined in a gaseous phase, at a delivery point agreed between the supplier and user, regardless of the phase in which the material was delivered.

This Document is a Guide and complete analytical methods are not contained within. A selected list of available techniques is found in §　8, Available Techniques.

SEMI C10 — Guide for Determination of Method Detection Limits