4.1 This guide is useful to select test methods or practices, or both, that are commonly used in industry for evaluating pile yarn floor covering. Refer to the test method or practice cited for the property of interest for significance and use statements.

1.1 This guide provides users with an index of procedures in the form of test methods, practices, and related documents that are currently used in industry for determination of properties of pile yarn floor covering. This guide is not considered as all-inclusive for testing procedures related to pile yarn floor covering.

1.1.1 It is the responsibility of the user to choose from this guide those procedures that provide test information on properties of interest for pile yarn floor covering that relate to its physical and esthetic properties and performance.

1.1.2 Procedures for properties appear in the following sections:

Property

Section

Surface Appearance Change

8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.31, and 8.35

Antimicrobial

8.5

Binding Sites

8.6

Backing Characteristics

8.7

Colorfastness to Light, Crocking,
Ozone, Water, and Oxides
of Nitrogen

8.8 – 8.12

Carpets, Cleaning

8.13 and 8.14

Conditioning

7

Delamination Resistance

8.15

Fiber Analysis

8.16

Flammability

8.17 – 8.20

Pile Thickness

8.21

Mass per Unit Area

8.22

Soiling

8.23 – 8.25

Stain Resistance

8.26

Static

8.27

Tuft Bind

8.28

Tuft Height

8.29

Tuft Element Length

8.30

Durability

8.32

Edge Ravel

8.33

Dimensional Stability

8.34

Fluorine Content

8.36

Colorfastness to Sodium

8.37

Installation of Commercial Carpet

8.38

Installation of Residential Carpet

8.39

Maintenance and Cleaning
of Commercial Carpet

8.40

Maintenance and Cleaning
of Residential Carpet

8.41

1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are non-rationalized mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.

1.2.1 Some of the listed procedures may cite other units as standard. In this event, language of the procedure is controlling.

1.3 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, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

1.4 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.