"Standard Practice for Conditioning and Testing Textiles"
This practice covers the conditioning and testing of textiles when conditioning is specified in a test method. Because prior exposure of textiles to high or low humidity may affect moisture pick-up equilibrium, a procedure also is given for preconditioning the material when required.
A definitive set of instructions for performing one or more specific operations that does not produce a test result: Examples of practices include, but are not limited to, application, assessments, cleaning, collection, decontamination, inspections, installation, preparation, sampling, screening, and training.
All items of clothing and/or accessories (whether or not detachable) designed and manufactured to provide specific protection. This includes bullet-proof clothing, general protective clothing and full body ensembles that protect from cuts, radiation, temperature extremes, hot splashes from molten metals and other hot liquids, potential impacts from tools, machinery and materials and hazardous chemicals. Examples of body protection include laboratory coats, coveralls, vests, jackets, aprons, surgical gowns and full body suits
- Environmental protective clothing
- Environmental
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29-2000 Health Technologists and Technicians
- 29-2050 Health Practitioner Support Technologists and Technicians
ASTM Standards
- D123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
- D618 Practice for Conditioning Plastics for Testing
- D885 Test Methods for Tire Cords, Tire Cord Fabrics, and Industrial Filament Yarns Made from Manufactured Organic-Base Fibers
- D4920 Terminology Relating to Conditioning, Chemical, and Thermal Properties
- D5867 Test Methods for Measurement of Physical Properties of Raw Cotton by Cotton Classification Instruments
- D7269 Test Methods for Tensile Testing of Aramid Yarns
- D7744 Test Methods for Tensile Testing of High Performance Polyethylene Tapes
- E337 Test Method for Measuring Humidity with a Psychrometer(the Measurement of Wet- and Dry-Bulb Temperatures)
- ISO 139 Textiles Standard Atmosphere for Conditioning and Testing
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- Page last updated: February 21, 2024
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