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Designation:D6719221Standard Guide forStandard Test Methods and Practices for Evaluating PileYarn Floor Covering1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D6719;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1NOTEFootnote 6,Keywords,and the reference in 8.24 were updated editorially in October 2022.1.Scope1.1 This guide provides users with an index of procedures inthe form of test methods,practices,and related documents thatare currently used in industry for determination of properties ofpile yarn floor covering.This guide is not considered asall-inclusive for testing procedures related to pile yarn floorcovering.1.1.1 It is the responsibility of the user to choose from thisguide those procedures that provide test information on prop-erties of interest for pile yarn floor covering that relate to itsphysical and esthetic properties and performance.1.1.2 Procedures for properties appear in the followingsections:PropertySectionSurface Appearance Change8.1,8.2,8.3,8.4,8.31,and8.35Antimicrobial8.5Binding Sites8.6Backing Characteristics8.7Colorfastness to Light,Crocking,Ozone,Water,and Oxidesof Nitrogen8.8 8.12Carpets,Cleaning8.13 and 8.14Conditioning7Delamination Resistance8.15Fiber Analysis8.16Flammability8.17 8.20Pile Thickness8.21Mass per Unit Area8.22Soiling8.23 8.25Stain Resistance8.26Static8.27Tuft Bind8.28Tuft Height8.29Tuft Element Length8.30Durability8.32Edge Ravel8.33Dimensional Stability8.34Fluorine Content8.36Colorfastness to Sodium8.37Installation of Commercial Carpet8.38Installation of Residential Carpet8.39Maintenance and Cleaningof Commercial Carpet8.40Maintenance and Cleaningof Residential Carpet8.411.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regardedas standard.The values given in parentheses are non-rationalized mathematical conversions to SI units that areprovided for information only and are not considered standard.1.2.1 Some of the listed procedures may cite other units asstandard.In this event,language of the procedure is control-ling.1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety,health,and environmental practices and deter-mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.1.4 This international standard was developed in accor-dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-ization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recom-mendations issued by the World Trade Organization TechnicalBarriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D123 Terminology Relating to TextilesD629 Test Methods for Quantitative Analysis of TextilesD1335 Test Method for Tuft Bind of Pile Yarn FloorCoveringsD1776 Practice for Conditioning and Testing TextilesD2646 Guide for Backing Fabric Characteristics of PileYarnFloor CoveringsD2859 Test Method for Ignition Characteristics of FinishedTextile Floor Covering Materials1This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D13 on Textiles andis the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.21 on Pile Floor Coverings.Current edition approved Feb.1,2022.Published March 2022.Originallyapproved in 2001.Last previous edition approved in 2012 as D6719 12 which waswithdrawn January 2021 and reinstated in February 2022.DOI:10.1520/D6719-22E01.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United StatesThis international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.1D3936 Test Method for Resistance to Delamination of theSecondary Backing of Pile Yarn Floor CoveringD5251 Practice for the Operation of the Tetrapod WalkerDrum Tester(Withdrawn 2014)3D5252 Practice for the Operation of the Hexapod TumbleDrum TesterD5417 Practice for Operation of the Vettermann DrumTesterD5684 Terminology Relating to Pile Floor CoveringsD5793 Test Method for Binding Sites per Unit Length orWidth of Pile Yarn Floor CoveringsD5823 Test Method for Tuft Height of Pile Floor CoveringsD5848 Test Method for Mass Per Unit Area of Pile YarnFloor CoveringsD6119 Practice for Creating SurfaceAppearance Changes inPile Yarn Floor Covering from Foot TrafficD6283 Test Method for Tuft E