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BS EN ISO 4484-3:2023

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Textiles and textile products. Microplastics from textile sources – Measurement of collected material mass released from textile end products by domestic washing method

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BSI 2023 38
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This document specifies a method for measuring the collected material mass released from the outlet hose of a standard washing machine, described in ISO 6330, through the washing process. NOTE            The washing condition of textile end products is indicated by the care labelling according to ISO 3758. This document is applicable to textile end products (including consumer textile products, such as clothing made of fleece, shirts, trousers, blouse, etc.) and home textile end products (such as, blankets, rugs, curtains, etc.) which are composed of all fibres such as natural fibres, and man-made fibres, including mixture of the fibres that can be washed in a domestic washing machine. This document is not applicable to fabrics and cut textile products. It does not cover the test for washing machines and detergents as well.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
2 undefined
4 European foreword
Endorsement notice
6 Foreword
7 Introduction
9 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
10 4 Principle
5 Apparatus
11 6 Reagents
7 Test condition
7.1 Standard atmosphere for preparation of test specimens and mass measurement
7.2 Test atmosphere for washing test
8 Test specimen preparation
9 Test procedure
9.1 General
9.2 Empty washing cycle before the washing test
12 9.3 Washing test of the test specimen
9.4 Washing of the collected material from the filter bag
9.5 Measurement of the mass of the collected materials
13 10 Calculation
10.1 Calculation for each test run
10.2 Calculation of average for 3 test runs
11 Repeatability and reproducibility
14 12 Test report
15 Annex A (informative) Filter fabric specification and filter bag construction
17 Annex B (normative) Requirements of the washing machine to be used in this test
20 Annex C (informative) Number of empty washing cycles after test washing
21 Annex D (informative) Reference detergent
22 Annex E (informative) Condition of the multiple washing cycle test and example of the test result
25 Annex F (informative) Interlaboratory trial
30 Annex G (informative) Number of test specimens
33 Annex H (informative) Collection percentage of the fibre fragments
34 Annex I (informative) Filter aperture size
36 Bibliography
BS EN ISO 4484-3:2023
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