EP005-EP5-EP 5 Fabric Hand: Guidelines for the Subjective Evaluation of

Description

PURCHASED TEST METHODS ARE DELIVERED AS A LINK IN YOUR EMAILED RECEIPT.

AATCC EP5, Evaluation Procedure for Fabric Hand Value

Developed in 1990 by AATCC Committee RA89 (editorially revised and reaffirmed 2011); reaffirmed 2020

1. Purpose and Scope

1.1 This procedure describes guidelines for the presentation of fabrics for the evaluation of hand.Ê Its purpose is to standardize the conditions under which a fabric is evaluated for one or more of the constituent elements of hand.

1.2 These guidelines may be used in the following circumstances:

1.2.1 When different people at different times wish to follow the same protocol for examining fabrics.

1.2.2 In training evaluators to detect and distinguish among different constituent elements or components of hand.

1.2.3 When an individual wishes to duplicate the conditions under which a fabric has been previously evaluated.

1.2.4 With a panel of individuals evaluating the same fabric(s).

2. Principle

2.1 An evaluator is presented a specimen in a prescribed manner and is asked to handle the specimen in a prescribed sequence.

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The above information is only a summary of the AATCC test method.