ASTM D4235-01

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Designation: D 4235 – 01
Standard Performance Specification for
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Women’s and Girls’ Knitted Blouse and Dress Fabrics
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 4235; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 23 Colorfastness to Burnt Gas Fumes
61 Colorfastness to Washing, Domestic, and Laundering,
1.1 This performance specification covers knitted fabrics
Commercial: Accelerated
comprised of any textile fiber or mixture of fibers, used in
116 Colorfastness to Crocking: RotaryVertical Crockmeter
women’s and girls’ blouses and dresses women’s and girls’
Method
knitted blouse and dress fabrics composed of any fiber or
124 Appearance of Durable Press Fabrics after Repeated
mixture of textile fibers.
Home Launderings
1.2 These requirements apply to the length and width
132 Colorfastness to Drycleaning
directions for those properties where each fabric direction is
135 Dimensional Changes in Automatic Home Laundering
pertinent.
of Durable Press Woven or Knit Fabrics
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
172 Colorfastness to Non-chlorine Bleach in Home Laun-
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
dering
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
188 Colorfastness to Chlorine Bleach in Home Laundering
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
Evaluation Procedure 1 Gray Scale for Color Change
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
Evaluation Procedure 2 Gray Scale for Staining
2. Referenced Documents Evaluation Procedure 3 AATCC Chromatic Transference
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Scale
2.1 ASTM Standards:
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2.3 Federal Standard:
D 123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
16 CFR, Chapter II-Consumer Product Safety Commission
D 2594 Test Methods for Stretch Properties of Knitted
Subchapter D-Flammable Fabrics Act Regulations.
Fabrics Having Low Power
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2.4 Military Standard:
D 2724 Test Methods for Bonded, Fused, and Laminated
MIL-STD-105D Sampling Procedures and Tables for In-
Apparel Fabrics
spection by Attributes
D 2905 Practice for Statements on Number of Specimens
for Textiles
NOTE 1—Reference to test methods in this standard give only the
D 3786 Test Method for Hydraulic Bursting Strength of
permanent part of the designation of ASTM, AATCC, or other test
Knitted Goods and Nonwoven Fabrics: Diaphragm Burst- methods. The current editions of each test method cited shall prevail.
ing Strength Tester Method
3. Terminology
D 3787 Test Method for Bursting Strength of Knitted
3.1 Definition:
Goods: Constant-Rate-of-Traverse (CRT) Ball Burst Test
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3.1.1 sheer, n—a fabric that is transparently thin or diapha-
2.2 AATCC Methods:
nous.
8 Colorfastness to Crocking: AATCC Crockmeter Method
3.1.1.1 Discussion—There is no clear distinction between
15 Colorfastness to Perspiration
sheerfabricsandnonsheerfabrics.Thepurchaserandtheseller
16 Colorfastness to Light
should agree in advance into which category a fabric should be
classified.
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This performance specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee
3.2 For definitions of other textile terms used in this
D13onTextilesandisthedirectresponsibilityofSubcommitteeD13.61onApparel.
specification, refer to the individual ASTM and AATCC test
Current edition approved May 10, 2001. Published July 2001. Originally
methods and to Terminology D 123.
published as D 4235 – 83. Last previous edition D 4253 – 95.
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D4235–01
4. Specification Requirements 6. Sampling
6.1 Lot Sample—As a lot sample for acceptance testing,
4.1 The properties of knitted fabrics for women’s and girls’
take at random the number of rolls as directed in an applicable
blouses and dresses shall conform to the specification require-
specification or other agreement between the purchaser and the
ments in Table 1.
supplier, such as an agreement to use MIL-STD-105D.
6.2 Laboratory Sa
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