Standard Performance Specification for Men's and Women's Knitted Career Apparel Fabrics: Dress and Vocational

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1.1 This performance specification covers the minimum performance requirements for men's and women's knitted fabrics for dress and vocational career apparel composed of any textile fiber or mixtures of textile fibers.
1.2 This performance specification is not applicable to career apparel fabrics such as those used in protective clothing, that do not patently fit the categories in and . Minimum performance specifications for such fabrics should be as agreed between the purchaser and the seller.
1.3 These requirements apply to the length and width directions for those factors where each fabric direction is pertinent.
1.4 The following precautionary statement pertains only to the test methods portion, Section 7, of this specification. This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, 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.

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Designation: D 3995 – 02
Standard Performance Specification for
Men’s and Women’s Knitted Career Apparel Fabrics: Dress
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and Vocational
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 3995; 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 Goods—Constant-Rate-of-Traverse (CRT) Ball Burst Test
D 3887 Specification for Tolerances for Knitted Fabric
1.1 This performance specification covers the minimum
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2.2 AATCC Methods:
performance requirements for men’s and women’s knitted
AATCC 8 Colorfastness to Crocking: AATCC Crockmeter
fabrics for dress and vocational career apparel composed of
Method
any textile fiber or mixtures of textile fibers.
AATCC 15 Colorfastness to Perspiration
1.2 This performance specification is not applicable to
AATCC 16 Colorfastness to Light
career apparel fabrics such as those used in protective clothing,
AATCC 23 Colorfastness to Burnt Gas Fumes
that do not patently fit the categories in 3.1.1 and 3.1.2.
AATCC 61 Colorfastness to Washing, Domestic Launder-
Minimum performance specifications for such fabrics should
ing, Commercial: Accelerated
be as agreed between the purchaser and the seller.
AATCC 116 Colorfastness to Crocking, Rotary Vertical
1.3 These requirements apply to the length and width
Crockmeter Method
directions for those factors where each fabric direction is
AATCC 124 Appearance of Durable Press Fabrics After
pertinent.
Repeated Home Launderings
1.4 The following precautionary statement pertains only to
AATCC 132 Colorfastness to Drycleaning
the test methods portion, Section 7, of this specification. This
AATCC 135 Dimensional Change in Automatic Home
standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns,
Laundering of Durable Press Woven or Knit Fabrics
if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user
AATCC 172 Colorfastness to Non-Chlorine Bleach in
of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health
Home Laundering
practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limita-
AATCC 188 Colorfastness to Sodium Hypochlorite Bleach
tions prior to use.
in Home Laundering
2. Referenced Documents
Evaluation Procedure 1 Gray Scale for Color Change
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Evaluation Procedure 2 Gray Scale for Staining
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Evaluation Procedure 3 Chromatic Transference Scale
D 123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
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2.3 Federal Standard:
D 2724 Test Methods for Bonded, Fused, and Laminated
16 CFR 1610 Standard for Flammability of Clothing Tex-
Apparel Fabrics
tiles
D 2905 Practice for Statements on Number of Specimens
for Textiles
NOTE 1—ThespecificdatededitionsofASTMtestmethodsthatprevail
D 3786 Test Method for Hydraulic Bursting Strength of
in this standard are referenced in Section 7 on Test Methods.
Knitted Goods and Nonwoven Fabrics—Diaphragm
3. Terminology
Bursting Strength Tester Method
D 3787 Test Method for Bursting Strength of Knitted 3.1 Definitions:
3.1.1 career apparel, n—garments which are manufactured
for a variety of end uses and for which performance require-
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D13 on ments vary.
Textiles and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.61 on Apparel.
Current edition approved May 10, 2002. Published June 2002. Originally
published as D 3995 – 81. Last previous edition D 3995 – 95.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or Available from American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, P.O.
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM Box 12215, Research Triangle Park, N.C. 27709.
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D3995–02
3.1.1.1 Discussion—The two major end uses for career 5. Significance and Use
apparel are dress apparel and vocational apparel.
5.1 Upon mutual agreement between the purchaser and the
3.1.2 career apparel, dress, n—a category of tailored uni-
seller, fabrics intended for this end use should meet all of the
form in which abusive wear is not common and in which
requirements listed in Table 1 of this specification.
appearance is much more important than durability (see also
5.2 Itisrecognizedthatforpurposesoffashionoraesthetics
career apparel, vocational career apparel).
the ultimate consumer of articles made from these fabrics may
3.1.3
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