Description
TEST METHODS ARE DELIVERED AS A LINK IN YOUR EMAILED RECEIPT.
AATCC TM43-1952e6(2018)e3, Wetting Agents for Mercerization
Developed in 1941 by AATCC Committee RA8; Transferred to Committee RA63 in 2003 (reaffirmed 2013, 2018, editorially revised 2022,2023)
1. Purpose and Scope
1.1 This test method is applicable only to the evaluation of wetting agents in caustic soda of mercerizing concentration.
2. Principle
2.1 A 25 mm (1 in.) long bundle of cotton yarns composed of 120 ends is carefully dropped onto the surface of a test solution and the time for complete wetting of all ends is determined.
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