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ASTM and AATCC Technical Information and Standards for UV Protective Textiles

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ASTM and AATCC Technical Information and Standards for UV Protective Textiles

2017

ASTM Stock Number: UVCMP-EB

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Director: Vernice A. Mayer Manager: Jessica L. Barrett Editors: Sean J. Bailey Jennifer Congiliando Joe Ermigiotti Daniel F. Fiorelli Stephanie L. Heilman Christine M. Leinweber Emily Moore Emilie A. Olcese Felicia C. Otero Kathleen Peters Mark Rosborough Todd Sandler Julie Wright Publishing Assistant Coordinator: Nicholas Furcola Publishing Technician: Audrey Lewandowski Library of Congress Cataloging in-Publication Data Names: American Society for Testing and Materials, author. | Bailey, Sean J., editor. | American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, author. Title: ASTM and AATCC technical information and standards for UV protective textiles / editors, Sean J. Bailey [and twelve others]. Other titles: Technical information and standards for UV protective textiles Description: West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM International, [2017] | "STOCK #: UVCMP-EB." | Identifiers: LCCN 2017006381 | ISBN 9781622049615 Subjects: LCSH: Textile fabrics--Protection--Standards--United States. | Protective clothing--Standards--United States. | Textile fabrics--Effects of ultraviolet radiation on--Testing--Standards--United States. | Shielding (Radiation)--Standards--United States. Classification: LCC TS1767 .A548 2017 | DDC 677--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017006381 ISBN-EB: 978-1-6220-4961-5

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Contents Introduction 1 Flowchart 3 ASTM D6544-12 Standard Practice for Preparation of Textiles Prior to Ultraviolet (UV)

Transmission Testing 4

AATCC TM183 Transmittance or Blocking of Erythemally Weighted Ultraviolet Radiation through Fabrics

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ASTM D6603-12 Standard Specification for Labeling of UV-Protective Textiles 13

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