Environmental chamber

These conditions may include:[1] Manufactured samples, specimens, or components are placed inside the chamber and subjected to one or more of these environmental parameters to determine reliability or measure after-effects such as corrosion.

As test requirements may be relatively simple or complex, environmental test chambers vary widely in size, ranging from small units designed for placement on bench tops to large walk-in chambers.

Reach-in chambers provide an opening that technicians may use to handle test samples.

Chambers providing interior visual lighting must take into account the heat generated and compensate accordingly.

As with the wide variance in size, a number of user control options are available, ranging from simple analog indicators up to more modern digital readouts with LCD displays.

Example of a temperature/humidity chamber
Example of a Walk-In Environmental Chamber used for automobile reliability testing in various simulated environment
Chamber for salt spray
Large NASA vacuum chamber