GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS

• Glossary of Terms
• How to Write a Test Method
• Sample and Laboratory ConditioningShell Password:
• Worldwide Associations
• Sampling
• List of Vendors
• Guidance to Nonwoven Test Methods
• Guidance to Highloft Test Methods

ABSORPTION

• Nonwoven Absorption
• Rate of Sorption of Wiping Materials
• Demand Absorbency
• Evaluation of Oil and Fatty Liquids Absorption

ABRASION RESISTANCE

• Inflated Diaphragm
• Flexing and Abrasion
• Double Rotary Platform (Tabor)
• Modified Martindale

BURSTING STRENGTH

• Diaphragm Burst
• Burst

ELECTROSTATIC PROPERTIES

• Surface Resistivity
• Decay

OPTICAL PROPERTIES

• Opacity (INDA)
• Brightness (INDA)
• Brightness (EDANA)
• Opacity (EDANA)

PERMEABILITY

• Air Permeability
• Liquid Strike-Through
• Water Vapor Transmission Rate Mocon/INDA
• Water Vapor Transmission Rate Mocon/EDANA, Part 1
• Water Vapor Transmission Rate Lyssy/EDANA, Part 2
• Repeated Liquid Strike-Through Time
• Wetback after Repeated Strike-Through

REPELLENCY

• Surface Wetting Spray
• Penetration by Water (Rain Test)
• Penetration by Water (Spray Impact)
• Penetration by Saline Solution (Automated Mason Jar)
• Water Resistance (Hydrostatic Pressure)
• Penetration by Oil (Hydrocarbon Resistance)
• Alcohol Repellency
• Run-Off
• Coverstock Wetback
• Wet Barrier Mason Jar

STIFFNESS

• Cantilever Bending (INDA)
• Stiffness Using the Gurley
• Handle-O-Meter
• Cusick Drape
• Bending Length (EDANA)

TEAR STRENGTH

•  Elmendorf
• Trapezoid Tear
• Tongue Tear

TENSILE

• Grab Tensile
• Strip Tensile
• Ball Burst

THICKNESS

• Thickness (INDA)
• Thickness of Highloft
• Compression and Recovery, Highloft
• Compression and Recovery, Highloft Using Weights and Plates
• Compression and Recovery, Highloft High Temperature/High Humidity
• Thickness (EDANA)

WEIGHT

• Mass per Unit Area

BINDER/APPEARANCE/DRYCLEANING

• Binder Distribution/Penetration
• Appearance and Integrity of Highloft Batting

LINTING

• Particulate Shredding, Dry
• Particulate Shredding, Wet
• Fibrous Debris from Nonwovens
• Fibrous Debris from Hydrophobic Nonwovens

GEOTEXTILES

• Conditioning
• Sampling
• Bursting Strength
• Air Permeability
• Cantilever Stiffness
• Trapezoid Tear
• Force and Elongation Grab
• Breaking Force Strip Test
• Thickness
• Thickness of Highloft
• Mass per Unit Area

SUPERABSORBENT MATERIALS

• pH of Polyacrylate (PA) Powders
• Residual Monomers
• Particle Size Distribution
• Mass Loss Upon Heating
• Free Swell Capacity in Saline, Gravimetric Determination
• Fluid Retention Capacity in Saline, after Centrifugation
• Absorption Under Pressure, Gravimetric Determination
• Flow-rate, Gravimetric Determination
• Density, Gravimetric Determination
• Extractable
• Respirable Particles
• Dust in Collection, Sodium Atomic Absorption/Emission Spectrometry

BACTERIAL

• Filtration Efficiency
• Dry Bacterial Penetration
• Wet Bacterial Penetration

FORMALDEHYDE

• Water Extraction Method I
• Stressed Extraction Method II
• Free Formaldehyde Determination HPLC, Method III
• Free Formaldehyde in Processing Method IV

ABSORBENT HYGIENE PRODUCTS

• Syngina Method (Tampons)
• Ethanol – Extractable Organotin 1
• Synthetic Urine – Extractable Organotin II
• Absorption Before Leakage using an Adult Mannequin

USEFUL METHODS

• Surface Linting
• Lamination Strength
• Cup Crush

FIBER GLASS MATS

• Sampling and Lot Acceptance
• Sample Location for Fiber Glass Mat Sheets
• Test Conditions for Fiber Glass Mat
• Tensile Strength and Elongation at Break
• Basis Weight
• Moisture Content
• Loss on Ignition of Fiber Glass Mat
• Moisture Sensitivity of Fiber Glass Mat
• Uniformity of Fiber Glass Mats
• Average Fiber Diameter of Fiber Glass Mats

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