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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
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