Description
TEST METHODS ARE DELIVERED AS A LINK IN YOUR EMAILED RECEIPT.
AATCC TM125, Test Method for Colorfastness to Perspiration and Light
Partially equivalent to ISO 105-B07.
1. Purpose and Scope
1.1 The purpose of this test method is to determine the effect of the combination of perspiration solution and light exposure on the colorfastness of a colored textile specimen. Therefore, only perspiration solutions will be used in this procedure.
2. Principle
2.1 A colored test specimen is immersed in a perspiration test solution for a specified period of time and immediately exposed to light in a fading apparatus for a specified period of time.
2.1.1 Fading apparatus will be the xenon-arc lamp test apparatus as described in AATCC Test Method 16.3, Colorfastness to Light: Xenon-Arc.
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The above information is only a summary of the AATCC test method.