IS 7941 : 1976 Method for determining the water repellency of fabrics by cone test

1 Scope

1.1 This standard prescribes a method for determining the water repellency offabrics (permeable as well as non-permeable to air) by cone test.

1.1.1 This test shall be generally applicable for testing heavier types ofproofed fabrics used as covers for wagons, shelters, etc, where pools of watermay collect during use due to depressions formed by the uneven level of thecover.

2 References

IS 2 :1960 Rules for rounding off numericalvalues

IS 196 :1966 Atmospheric conditions for testing

IS 5463 :1969 Methods for sampling of cotton fabrics for chemicaltests

IS 6359 :1971 Method for conditioning of textiles