ASTM_D_5378_-_12.pdf

Designation:D537812Standard Performance Specification forWoven and Knitted Shower Curtains for Institutional andHousehold Use1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D5378;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.1.Scope1.1 This specification covers the evaluation of specificperformance characteristics of importance in woven and knit-ted shower curtains for use in institutional and householdenvironments.1.2 This specification may be used by mutual agreementbetween purchaser and supplier to establish purchasing speci-fication requirements.1.3 The requirements in Table 1 apply to the length andwidth directions for those properties where fabric direction ispertinent.1.4 This specification is not applicable for coated,laminatedor vinyl product.1.5 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 and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D123 Terminology Relating to TextilesD1776 Practice for Conditioning and Testing TextilesD2905 Practice for Statements on Number of Specimens forTextiles(Withdrawn 2008)3D3136 Terminology Relating to Care Labeling for Apparel,Textile,Home Furnishing,and Leather ProductsD3786 Test Method for Bursting Strength of TextileFabricsDiaphragm Bursting Strength Tester MethodD5034 Test Method for Breaking Strength and Elongation ofTextile Fabrics(Grab Test)D6797 Test Method for Bursting Strength of FabricsConstant-Rate-of-Extension(CRE)Ball Burst TestD7023 Terminology Relating to Home Furnishings2.2 AATCC Methods:48 Colorfastness to Crocking:Crockmeter Method16 Option 1 Colorfastness to Light:Carbon Arc LampContinuous Light16 Option 3 Colorfastness to Light:Xenon-Arc,ContinuousLight35 Water Resistance:Rain Test61 Colorfastness to Laundering:Accelerated88B Smoothness of Seams in Fabrics after Repeated HomeLaundering135 Dimensional Changes in Automatic Home Launderingof Woven or Knitted Fabrics96 Dimensional Changes in Commercial Laundering ofWoven and Knitted Fabrics Except Wool116 Colorfastness to Crocking:Rotary Vertical CrockmeterMethod143 Appearance of Apparel and Other Textile End UseProducts After Repeated Home Launderings179 Skewness Change in Fabric and Garment Twist Result-ing from Automatic Home LaunderingEvaluation Procedure 1 Gray Scale for Color ChangeEvaluation Procedure 2 Gray Scale for StainingEvaluation Procedure 8 AATCC 9-Step Chromatic Transfer-ence ScaleNOTE1Reference to test methods in this performance specificationgive only the pertinent part of the designation of ASTM,AATCC or othertest methods.The current edition of each test method shall prevail.3.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 For all terminology related to Home Furnishings seeTerminology D7023.3.1.2 The following terms are relevant to this standard:knitted fabric,shower curtain,woven fabric.1This performance specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM CommitteeD13 on Textiles and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.63 on HomeFurnishings.Current edition approved Feb.1,2012.Published March 2012.Originallyapproved in 1993.Last previous edition approved in 2000 as D5378-93(2000)which was withdrawn October 2009 and reinstated in February 2012.DOI:10.1520/D5378-12.2For 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.3The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.org.4Available from AATCC,American Association of Textile Chemists andColorists,P.O.Box 12215,Research Triangle Park,NC 27709.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 3.1.3 For definitions of all other textile terms see Terminol-ogy D123.4.Significance and Use4.1 Upon mutual agreement between the purchaser and thesupplier,woven and knitted products intended for this end useshould meet all of the requirements listed in Table 1 of thisspecification.4.2 It is recognized that for the purposes of fashion oraesthetics the ultimate consumer of articles made from thesefabrics may find acceptable products that do not conform to allof the requirements in Table 1.Therefore,one or more of therequirements listed in Table 1 may be modified by mutualagreement between the purchaser and the seller.4.2.1 In such cases,any references to the specification shallspecify that:this product meets Specification D5378 except forthe following characteristic(s).4.3 Where no prepurchase agreement has been reach