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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) ORIGINAL

  • Vertical Wicking Rate - to a specified time (old option A); ORIGINAL STATE

AATCC 197 (Option A) LAUNDERED

  • Vertical Wicking Rate - to a specified time (old option A); AFTER LAUNDERING

AATCC 213 (Option B) ORIGINAL

  • Vertical Wicking Rate- to specified distance (Old Option B); ORIGINAL STATE

AATCC 213 (Option B) LAUNDERED

  • Vertical Wicking Rate- to specified distance (Old Option B); AFTER LAUNDERING

TPACC Method

  • Vertical Wicking - Distance Over Time; to be performed after 1 home laundering

AATCC/ASTM TS-017

  • Vertical Wicking - Time Over Distance; to be performed after 1 home laundering

AATCC 198

  • Horizontal Wicking of Textiles

AATCC 22

  • Water Repellancy: Spray Test

ISO 4920:2012

  • Determination of Resistance to Surface Wetting (Spray Test)

AATCC 42 (PPE Testing) Accredited ISO/IEC 17025

  • 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 E96-2024 Modified: Procd A 24 hour run time

  • Moisture Vapor Transmission - MVTR (Water Vapor Transmission) Desiccant Method at 23˚C

ASTM E96-2024 Modified: Procd B 24 hour run time

  • Moisture Vapor Transmission - MVTR (Water Vapor Transmission) Water Method at 23˚C

ASTM E96-2024 Modified: Procd BW 24 hour run time

  • Moisture Vapor Transmission - MVTR (Water Vapor Transmission) Inverted Cup Method BW

ASTM E96-2024 Modified: Procd C24 hour run time

  • Moisture Vapor Transmission - MVTR (Water Vapor Transmission) Desiccant Method at 32.2˚C

ASTM E96-2024 Modified: Procd D24 hour run time

  • Moisture Vapor Transmission - MVTR (Water Vapor Transmission) Water Method at 32.2˚C

AATCC 204

  • Water Vapor Transmission of Textiles

AATCC 127 (PPE Testing) Accredited ISO/IEC 17025

  • Water Resistance: Hydrostatic Pressure Test

AATCC 208

  • Water Resistance: Hydrostatic Pressure Using a Restrain Test

ISO 811:2018

  • Water Penetration: Hydrostatic Pressure Test; Determination of Resistance

ASTM F1868-Part A

  • Thermal Resistance Using a Sweating Guarded Hot Plate

ASTM F1868-Part B

  • Evaporative Resistance Using a Sweating Guarded Hot Plate

ISO 1092:2014

  • Thermal and Water Vapour Resistance Under Steady State Conditions- Sweating Guarded Hot Plate

 

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