Standard Performance Specification for Woven and Knitted Shower Curtains for Institutional and Household Use (Withdrawn 2009)

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1.1 This specification covers the evaluation of specific performance characteristics of importance in woven and knitted shower curtains for use in institutional and household environments.  
1.2 This specification may be used by mutual agreement between purchaser and supplier to establish purchasing specification requirements.  
1.3 The requirements in Table 1 apply to the length and width directions for those properties where fabric direction is pertinent.  
1.4 This specification is not applicable for coated, laminated or vinyl product.  
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
WITHDRAWN RATIONALE
This performance specification covers the evaluation of specific performance characteristics of importance in woven and knitted shower curtains for use in institutional and household environments.
Formerly under the jurisdiction of Committee D13 on Textiles, this performance specification was withdrawn in October 2009 in accordance with section 10.5.3.1 of the Regulations Governing ASTM Technical Committees, which requires that standards shall be updated by the end of the eighth year since the last approval date.

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Historical
Publication Date
31-Oct-2000
Withdrawal Date
26-Oct-2009
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Drafting Committee
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ASTM D5378-93(2000) - Standard Performance Specification for Woven and Knitted Shower Curtains for Institutional and Household Use (Withdrawn 2009)
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Designation: D5378 – 93 (Reapproved 2000)
Standard Performance Specification for
Woven and Knitted Shower Curtains for Institutional and
Household Use
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D5378; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
TABLE 1 Specification Requirements
1. Scope
1.1 This specification covers the evaluation of specific NOTE 1—Class in a, b, and c, is based on a numerical scale of 5 for
negligible or no color change or color transfer to 1 for severe color change
performance characteristics of importance in woven and knit-
or color transfer.
ted shower curtains for use in institutional and household
Characteristic Requirement Section
environments.
1.2 This specification may be used by mutual agreement Breaking Force (Load) (CRT) 7.1.1
Dry 178 N (40 lbf), minimum
between purchaser and supplier to establish purchasing speci-
Wet 89 N (20 lbf), minimum
fication requirements.
Bursting Force (Knit Fabrics) 178 N (40 lbf), minimum 7.1.2
1.3 The requirements in Table 1 apply to the length and Nonfibrous Material 3.0 % maximum 7.1.3
Dimensional Change (L3 W) 3.0 % maximum 7.1.4
width directions for those properties where fabric direction is
Fabric Appearance 5A 3.0 minimum 7.2.1
pertinent.
Bow and Skewness 4.0 % maximum 7.1.5
1.4 Thisspecificationisnotapplicableforcoated,laminated Colorfastness:
Laundering 7.1.6.1
or vinyl product.
A
Shade change Class 4 minimum
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the B
Stain Class 3 minimum
Crocking 7.1.6.2
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
C
Dry Class 4 minimum
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
C
Wet Class 4 minimum
A
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
Light (20 AATCC FU) (xenon arc) Class 4 minimum 7.1.6.3
Water Resistance 7.1.7
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
Categories based on minimum time for
1-g weight
2. Referenced Documents
2 ft (600 mm) 30 s shower
2.1 ASTM Standards: 2 ft (600 mm) 2 minute rain
2 3 ft (915 mm) 5 minute storm
D123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
Flammability Pass 7.1.8
D629 Test Methods for Quantitative Analysis of Textiles
Appearance Retention Satisfactory 7.2.1
D1776 Practice for Conditioning and Testing Textiles
A
AATCC Gray Scale for Color Change.
B
D2905 PracticeforStatementsonNumberofSpecimensfor
AATCC Gray Scale for Staining.
C
AATCC Chromatic Transference Scale.
Textiles
D3136 Terminology Relating to Care Labeling forApparel,
Textile, Home Furnishing, and Leather Products
D5034 Test Method for Breaking Strength and Elongation
D3786 Test Method for Bursting Strength of Textile of Textile Fabrics (Grab Test)
4 5
Fabrics—Diaphragm Bursting Strength Tester Method
2.2 AATCC Methods:
D3882 Test Method for Bow and Skew in Woven and 8 Colorfastness to Crocking
Knitted Fabrics
16a Colorfastness to Light: Carbon Arc Lamp Continuous
D3938 Guide for Determining or Confirming Care Instruc- Light
tions for Apparel and Other Textile Products 16E Colorfastness to Light:Water Cooled Xenon-Arc, Con-
tinuous Light
35 Water Resistance: Rain Test
61 Colorfastness to Washing, Domestic and Laundering
This performance specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee
D13 on Textiles and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.63 on Home
Commercial, Accelerated
Furnishings.
88B Appearance of Seams in Wash and Wear Items After
Current edition approved April 15, 1993. Published September 1993. DOI:
Home Laundering
10.1520/D5378-93R00.
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 07.01.
Withdrawn. The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced
on www.astm.org. Available from AATCC, American Association of Textile Chemists and
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 07.02. Colorists, 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 States.
D5378 – 93 (2000)
135 Dimensional Changes in Automatic Home Laundering 5. Sampling
of Woven or Knitted Fabrics
5.1 Acceptance Testing Lot—Unless there is prior agree-
96 Dimensional Changes in Laundering of Woven and
ment, consider as a lot for acceptance testing all material of a
Knitted Fabrics Except Wool
single item as a single shipment.
97 Non-Cotton Content of Bleached Cotton Textiles 5.2 Lot Samples and Laboratory Samples—For acceptance
testing, take lot samples and laboratory samples as directed in
116 Colorfastness to Crocking: Rotary Vertical Crockmeter
each of the applicable test methods.
Method
5.3 Specimens—Take the number of specimens directed in
143 Appearance of Apparel and Other Textile End Use
each of the applicable test methods. Perform the tests on the
Products After Repeated Home Launderings
product as it reaches the customer. Any “partially finished” or
Evaluation Procedure 1 Gray Scale for Color Change
“post-finish” fabrics should be processed in accordance with
Evaluation Procedure 2 Gray Scale for Staining
the fabric manufacturer’s instructions.
Evaluation Procedure 3 AATCC Chromatic Transference
5.4 If the applicable test method does not specify the
Scale
number of specimens, use the procedures in Practice D2905 to
determinethenumberofspecimensperlaboratorysampleunit.
NOTE 1—Reference to test methods in this performance specification
Use (1) a reliable estimate of the responsibility of individual
give only the pertinent part of the designation ofASTM,AATCC or other
observations on similar materials in the user’s laboratory, (2) a
test methods. The current edition of each test method shall prevail.
95 % probability level, and (3) an allowable difference of 5 %
3. Terminology of the average between the test results on laboratory sampling
units and the average for the laboratory sampling unit. The
3.1 Definitions:
average of a laboratory sampling unit is the average that would
3.1.1 knitted fabric, n—astructureproducedbyinterlooping
be obtained by applying the test method to all of the potential
one or more ends of yarn or comparable material.
specimens from the laboratory sampling unit.
3.1.2 shower curtain, n—a hanging fabric used to prevent
water spillage from a shower area.
6. Specification Requirements
3.1.3 woven fabric, n—a structure produced when at least
6.1 Fabrics—The properties of fabrics for institutional and
twosetsofstrandsareinterlaced,usuallyatrightanglestoeach
household shower curtains shall conform to the specification
other, according to a predetermined pattern of interlacing and
requirements in Table 1.
such that at least one set is parallel to the axis along the
6.2 Product—The properties to be evaluated and the accep-
lengthwise direction of the fabric.
tance criteria assigned to these areas shall be set by mutual
3.1.4 For definitions of other textile terms used in this
agreement between purchaser and supplier.
standard,refertoindividualASTMStandardsandAATCCTest
Methods, Terminology D123, and Terminology D3136.
7. Testing for Household and Institutional Use
7.1 Test Methods:–Fabric—The physical and colorfastness
4. Significance and Use
properties of the fabric in the shower curtains products shall be
4.1 Upon mutual agreement between the purchaser and the
evaluated as directed as follows:
supplier,
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