Posted December 1, 2015

 

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – The newest volume of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists’ (AATCC’s) Technical Manual is available beginning January 1. Each year, the manual includes new test methods, as well as revisions and updates of existing methods and evaluation procedures for textiles.

 

There is one new method in the 2016 AATCC Technical Manual. Test Method (TM) 204-2015, Water Vapor Transmission of Textiles, was approved within the last year by research committee RA63 to determine the relative water vapor transmission of textiles. Unlike some existing vapor transmission methods, TM204 was developed specifically for evaluating textiles.

 

There are also eight revised methods appearing for the first time in the 2016 volume, as follows:

 

• TM23-2015, Colorfastness to Burnt Gas Fumes

• TM70-2015, Water Repellency: Tumble Jar Dynamic Absorbency Test

• TM110-2015, Whiteness of Textiles

• TM111-2015, Weather Resistance of Textiles: Exposure to Daylight and Weather

• TM135-2015, Dimensional Changes of Fabrics after Home Laundering

• TM164-2015, Colorfastness to Oxides of Nitrogen in the Atmosphere under High Humidities

• TM186-2015, Weather Resistance: UV Light and Moisture Exposure

• TM200-2015, Drying Rate of Textiles at their Absorbent Capacity: Air Flow Method

 

Editorial revisions were made to correct or clarify tables, figures, and references in several methods:

 

• TM20A-2014, Fiber Analysis: Quantitative

• TM148-2015, Light Blocking Effect of Textiles and Related Materials: Photodetector Method

• TM173-2015, CMC: Calculation of Small Color Differences for Acceptability

• Evaluation Procedure 7, Instrumental Assessment of the Change in Color of a Test Specimen

• Monograph 6-2013, Standardization of Home Laundry Test Conditions.

 

AATCC is known worldwide for its test methods and evaluation procedures, particularly those related to chemistry, colorfastness, laundering, moisture management and water resistance. Each document is reviewed and approved by a committee of industry experts before publication. All are welcome to participate in the committees. Varied perspectives are valued and every submitted comment is considered in the development or revision of a method.  AATCC believes this consensus approach creates the best, most robust test methods to serve a diverse modern textile industry.

AATCC to release 2016 Technical Manual