IS 199 : 1989 Textiles- Estimation of moisture, total size or finish, ash and fatty matter in grey and finished cotton textile materials

1 Scope

1.1 This standard prescribes methods for estimation of (a) moisture, (b)total size or finish, (c) ash and (d) fatty matter in grey and finished cottontextile materials.

1.2 The method prescribed for estimation of starch is not applicable in caseswhere the starch has been insolubilized as in formaldehyde-containing finishesand is not intended for use in determining small amounts of residual starch andfatty materials. The method prescribed for determination of fatty matter is notapplicable to textile materials containing oxidized unsaturated oils,waterproofing or softening preparations derived from cetylpyridinium halides,rot-proofing agents, synthetic resins and other substances that would interfere.