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Moisture Management Tests Available:
AATCC/ASTM TS-018
- Absorbency - to be performed after 1 home laundering
AATCC 79: Option A
- Absorbency - to be performed after 1 home laundering - Option A: Burette Stand Method
AATCC 79: Option B
- Absorbency - to be performed after 1 home laundering - Option B: Medicine Dropper Method
ISO 9073-6 Part 6 Section 5
- Absorption of Nonwovens - Liquid Absorptive Capacity
ISO 9073-6 Part 6 Setion 6
- Absorption of Nonwovens - Liquid Wicking Rate
HTC Scale Method
- Drying Rate - to be performed after 1 home laundering
AATCC 201
- Drying Rate - Heated Plate Method
AATCC 200
- Drying Rate - Air Flow Method
AATCC-195
- Liquid Moisture Management Properties of Textile Fabrics - MMT Method
AATCC 197 - OPTION A
- Vertical Wicking - Option A: Measure time at a given distance
AATCC 197 - Option B
- Vertical Wicking - Option B: Measure distance at a given time
TPACC Method
- Vertical Wicking - Distance Over Time; to be performed after 1 home laundering
ASTM F1670
- Test Method for Resistance of Materials Used in Protective Clothing to Penetration by Synthetic Blood
AATCC/ASTM TS-017
- Vertical Wicking - Time Over Distance; to be performed after 1 home laundering
AATCC 198
- Horizontal Wicking
AATCC 22
- Water Repellancy: Spray Test
ISO 4920:2012
- Determination of Resistance to Surface Wetting (Spray Test)
AATCC 42
- Water Resistance: Impact Penetration Test
ASTM D4772
- Surface Water Absorption of Terry Fabrics (Water Flow)
AATCC 193
- Aqueous Liquid Repellancy: Water/Alcohol Solution Resistance Test
ASTM E96 Procedure B
- Moisture Vapor Transmission - MVTR (Water Vapur Transmission)
ASTM E96 Procedure BW
- Moisture Vapor Transmission - MVTR (Water Vapor Transmission) Inverted Cup Method
AATCC 204
- Water Vapor Transmission of Textiles
AATCC 127
- Water Resistance: Hydrostatic Pressure Test
AATCC 208
- Water Resistance: Hydrostatic Pressure Test Using a Restraint