ASTM D4233-95
(Specification)Standard Performance Specification for Women's and Girls' Knitted and Woven Brassiere Fabrics
Standard Performance Specification for Women's and Girls' Knitted and Woven Brassiere Fabrics
SCOPE
1.1 This performance specification covers woven and knitted fabrics comprised of any fiber or mixture of fibers used in women's and girls' brassieres.
1.2 This performance specification is not applicable to knitted or woven brassiere fabrics containing elastomeric yarns, to knitted lace fabrics, and to fabrics used for interlinings.
1.3 These requirements apply to the length and width directions for those properties where each fabric direction is pertinent.
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Designation: D 4233 – 95
Standard Performance Specification for
Women’s and Girls’ Knitted and Woven Brassiere Fabrics
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 4233; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 23 Colorfastness to Burnt Gas Fumes
61 Colorfastness to Washing, Domestic, and Laundering,
1.1 This performance specification covers woven and knit-
Commercial: Accelerated
ted fabrics comprised of any fiber or mixture of fibers used in
116 Colorfastness to Crocking: Rotary Vertical Crockmeter
women’s and girls’ brassieres.
Method
1.2 This performance specification is not applicable to
124 Appearance of Durable Press Fabrics after Repeated
knitted or woven brassiere fabrics containing elastomeric
Home Launderings
yarns, to knitted lace fabrics, and to fabrics used for interlin-
132 Colorfastness to Drycleaning
ings.
135 Dimensional Changes in Automatic Home Laundering
1.3 These requirements apply to the length and width
of Durable Press Woven or Knit Fabrics
directions for those properties where each fabric direction is
Evaluation Procedure 1 Gray Scale for Color Change
pertinent.
Evaluation Procedure 2 Gray Scale for Staining
2. Referenced Documents
Evaluation Procedure 3 AATCC Chromatic Transference
Scale
2.1 ASTM Standards:
2.3 Federal Standard:
D 123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
16 CFR, Chapter II-Consumer Product Safety Commission
D 434 Test Method for Resistance to Slippage of Yarns in
Subchapter D-Flammable Fabrics Act Regulations
Woven Fabrics Using a Standard Seam
2.4 Military Standard:
D 1424 Test Method for Tear Resistance of Woven Fabrics
MIL-STD-105D Sampling Procedures and Tables for In-
by Falling-Pendulum (Elmendorf) Apparatus
spection by Attributes
D 1682 Test Methods for Breaking Load and Elongation of
Textile Fabrics
NOTE 1—Reference to test methods in this standard give only the
D 2261 Test Method for Tearing Strength of Woven Fabrics
permanent part of the designation of ASTM, AATCC, or other test
by the Tongue (Single Rip) Method (Constant-Rate-of- methods. The current editions of each test method cited shall prevail.
Extension Tensile Testing Machine)
3. Terminology
D 2262 Test Method for Tearing Strength of Woven Fabrics
3.1 Definitions:
by the Tongue (Single Rip) Method (Constant-Rate-of-
3.1.1 For definitions of textile terms used in this specifica-
Traverse Tensile Testing Machine)
tion refer to the individual ASTM and AATCC test methods
D 3786 Test Method for Hydraulic Bursting Strength of
and to Terminology D 123.
Knitted Goods and Nonwoven Fabrics—Diaphragm
3.2 Definitions found in a dictionary of common terms are
Bursting Strength Tester Method
suitable for this specification.
D 3787 Test Method for Bursting Strength of Knitted
Goods—Constant-Rate-of-Traverse (CRT) Ball Burst
4. Specification Requirements
Test
4.1 The properties of knitted and woven fabrics for wom-
2.2 AATCC Methods:
en’s and girls’ brassieres shall conform to the specification
8 Colorfastness to Crocking: AATCC Crockmeter Method
requirements in Table 1.
15 Colorfastness to Perspiration
16 Colorfastness to Light
5. Significance and Use
5.1 Upon mutual agreement between the purchaser and the
This performance specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee
seller, fabrics intended for this end use should meet all the
D-13 on Textiles and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.56 on
requirements listed in Table 1 of this specification.
Performance Standards for Textile Fabrics.
Current edition approved May 15, 1995. Published July 1995. Originally
published as D 4233 – 83. Last previous edition D 4233 – 92.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vols 07.01. Available from Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office,
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 07.02. Washington, DC 20402.
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D 4233
A
TABLE 1 Specification Requirements
Requirements
Characteristic Section
Knit Woven
B
Breaking strength (load) (CRT) . 40 lbf (178 N), min 7.1
B
Bursting strength (ball burst) 50 lbf (222N), min . 7.2
B
Tongue-tear strength . 1.5 lbf (6.7 N), min 7.3
Yarn slippage . ⁄4 in. (6 mm) separation at 30 lbf (133 N), min 7.4
Dimensional Change:
Laundering 5 % max 2 % max (no change) 7.5.1
Colorfastness:
Burnt gas fumes—2 cycles 7.6.1
C C
Shade change, original fabric Class 4 , min Class 4 , min
C C
Shade change, after one laundering Class 4 , min Class 4 , min
Laundering 7.6.2
C C
Shade change Class 4 , min Class 4 , min
D D
Staining Class 3 , min Class 3 , min
Crocking 7.6.3
E E
Dry Class 4 , min Class 4 , min
E E
Wet Class 3 , min Class 3 , min
Perspiration 7.6.4
C C
Shade change Class 4 , min Class 4 , min
D D
Staining Class 3 , min Class 3 , min
B C C
Light (10AATCC FU) (xenon-arc) Step 4 , min Step 4 , min 7.6.5
Flammability pass pass 7.7
A
Class in colorfastness is based on a numerical scale of 5 for negligible color change or color transfer to 1 for very severe color change or color transfer.
B
There is more than one standard that can be used to measure breaking.
C
AATCC Gray Scale for Color Change.
D
AATCC Gray Scale for Staining.
E
AATCC Chromatic Transference Scale.
NOTE 2—If preferred a constant-rate-of-extension (CRE) tensile testing
5.2 It is recognized that for purposes of fashion or aesthetics
machine may be used. The crosshead speed should be as agreed between
the ultimate consumer of articles made from these fabrics may
the purchaser and the seller. There may be no overall correlation between
find acceptable fabrics that do not conform to all of the
the results obtained with the CRT machine and the CRE machine.
requirements in Table 1. Therefore, one or more of the
Consequently, these two breaking load testers cannot be used interchange-
requirements listed in Table 1 may be modified by mutual
ably. In case of controversy, the CRT method sh
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