ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 105-A04 First edition 1989-12-01 Textiles -- Tests for colour fastness Part A04 : Method for the instrumental assessment of the degree of staining of adjacent fabrics Textiles -- Essais de solidite des teintures Partie A04 : Methode instrumentale pour I'évaluation du degre de degorgement des tissus temoins Reference number ISO 105-A04:1989(E) No reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO105-A04:1989(E) Foreword Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (iso member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through iso technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, govern- mental and non-governmental, in liaison with iso, also take part in the work. so collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for approval before their acceptance as International Standards by the iso Council. They are approved in accordance with iso procedures requiring at least 75 % approval by the memberbodies voting International Standard Iso 105-A04 was prepared by Technical Com- mittee ISO/TC 38, Textiles. Iso 105 was previously published in 13"parts", each designated by a Each part contained a series of "sections", each designated by the re- spective part letter and by a two-digit seriai number (e.g. "Section Ao1"). These sections are now being republished as separate documents, themselves designated “"parts" but retaining their earlier alphanumeric designations. A complete list of these parts is given in ISO105-A01 C ISO1989 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm; without permission in writing from the publisher. InternationalOrganizationforStandardization Case Postale 56:CH-1211Geneve 20·Switzerland Printed inSwitzerland ded by IHS t Not for Resale ISO 105-A04:1989(E) INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Textiles -- Tests for colour fastness Part A04 : Method for the instrumental assessment of the degree of staining of adjacent fabrics 1 Scope 4. Apparatus This part of Is0 105 specifies an instrumental Spectrometer or colorimeter, capable of measuring method for assessing the degree of staining of ad- the colour of a specimen of the size of one stripe in jacent fabrics in any fastness test, as an alternative a multifibre adjacent fabric (see IsO 105-F10) and to the visual method. which irradiates the specimen with light resembling illuminant C. 2 Normative references The following standards contain provisions which. 5 Test specimen through reference in this text,constitute provisions of this part of IsO 105. At the time of publication, the Mount the adjacent fabric which has been subjected editions indicated were valid. All standards are to a fastness test, together with a specimen of the subject to revision, and parties to agreements based adjacent fabric which has been subjected to the on this part of isO 105 are encouraged to investigate fastness test in the absence of the fabric under test, the possibility of applying the most recent editions on non-optically-brightened white card stock. of the standards indicated below.Members of IEC and Iso maintain registers of currently valid Inter- 6 Procedure national Standards. IsO 105-F10:1989, Textiles -- Tests for colour fastness 6.1 Measure the colour of the piece of adjacent Part F10: Specification for adjacent fabric: Multifi- fabric which has been subjected to the fastness test bre. in the absence of the fabric under test. Iso 105-J01:1989,Textiles-Tests for colourfastness 6.2 Measure