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Contamination / Impurity

Any particulate, molecular, non-particulate or biological unit which has a detrimental effect on the product or process [ISO 14644-4:2001, 3.5]

Reference Volume (and volume-specific, additional or differing definitions to the standard):
VDA Volume 19 Part 2, Technical cleanliness in assembly, 1st edition 2010, editorial revised reprint April 2018