BRITISH STANDARD BS EN ISO 105-

B07:2009

Textiles — Tests for

colour fastness
Part B07: Colour fastness to light
of textiles wetted with artificial
perspiration (ISO 105-B07:2009)

ICS 59.080.01,

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This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN ISO 105-

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN ISO 105-B07
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM May 2009

ICS 59.080.01

English Version

Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part B07: Colour fastness

to light of textiles wetted with artificial perspiration (ISO 105-
B07:2009)

Textiles - Essais de solidité des teintures - Partie B07: Textilien - Farbechtheitsprüfungen - Teil B07: Farbechtheit
Solidité des teintures à la lumière de textiles mouillés par gegen Licht von mit künstlichem Schweiß angefeuchteten
de la sueur artificielle (ISO 105-B07:2009) Textilien (ISO 105-B07:2009)

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Foreword
This document (EN ISO 105-B07:2009) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 38 "Textiles" in
collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 248 “Textiles and textile products” the secretariat of which is
held by BSI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by November 2009, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn
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Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice

The text of ISO 105-B07:2009 has been approved by CEN as a EN ISO 105-B07:2009 without any
modification.

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ISO 105-B07 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 38, Textiles, Subcommittee SC 1, Tests for
coloured textiles and colorants.

ISO 105 was previously published in 13 “parts”, each designated by a letter (e.g. “Part A”), with publication
dates between 1978 and 1985. Each part contained a series of “sections”, each designated by the respective

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part letter and by a two-digit serial number (e.g. “Section A01”). These sections are now being republished as
separate documents, themselves designated “parts” but retaining their earlier alphanumeric designations. A
complete list of these parts is given in ISO 105-A01 [2].

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Introduction
This part of ISO 105 was developed using acid perspiration solution 1 and the exposure conditions listed in
ISO 105-B02.

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Textiles — Tests for colour fastness —

Part B07:
Colour fastness to light of textiles wetted with artificial
perspiration

1 Scope
This part of ISO 105 specifies a method for determining the resistance of the colour of textiles, of all kinds and
in all forms, to the combined effect of wetting with acid or alkaline artificial perspiration solutions and an
artificial light source representing natural daylight (D65).

2 Normative reference(s)
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.

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ISO 105-A02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part A02: Grey scale for assessing change in colour

ISO 105-A05, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part A05: Instrumental assessment of change in colour
for determination of grey scale rating

ISO 105-B02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part B02: Colour fastness to artificial light: Xenon arc
fading lamp test

ISO 105-E04, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part E04: Colour fastness to perspiration

ISO 3696, Water for analytical laboratory use — Specification and test methods

3 Principle
Specimens of textiles wetted with a selected artificial perspiration solution are exposed to artificial light under
prescribed conditions, together with a specified blue wool reference material. When this blue wool reference
material shows the prescribed change of colour, the specimens are removed and the change in colour of each
specimen is assessed by comparison with the grey scale for assessing change in colour or instrumentally.

4 Apparatus, material and reagents

4.1 Balance, with a weighing accuracy of 0,01 g.

4.2 pH meter, accurate to 0,01.

4.3 Grey scale for assessing change in colour, in accordance with ISO 105-A02.

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4.4 Blue wool reference material, in accordance with ISO 105-B02.

4.5 Artificial perspiration solutions, either 5.1, 5.2 or 5.3.

Alternative perspiration solutions can be used. The specific formulas should be given in the Test report [9 c)].

4.6 Water-repellent white card stock, without optical brightener.

4.7 Xenon-arc-lamp fading apparatus, in accordance with ISO 105-B02.

4.8 Grade 3 water, complying with ISO 3696.

4.9 Spectrophotometer or colorimeter for assessing change in colour, in accordance with ISO 105-A05.

5 Preparation of reagents
5.1 Acid perspiration solution 1, freshly prepared (see AATCC TM 15 [1]) using water (4.8) and containing,
per litre:

⎯ 0,25 g of L-histidine monohydrochloride monohydrate (C6H9N3O2·HCl·H2O);

⎯ 10 g of sodium chloride (NaCl);

⎯ 1 g of disodium hydrogen phosphate, anhydrous (Na2HPO4);

⎯ 1 g of lactic acid 85 % (CH3 CHOHCOOH).

The pH of the resulting solution should be pH 4,3 (± 0,2).

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5.2 Acid perspiration solution 2, freshly prepared (in accordance with ISO 105-E04) using water (4.8) and
containing, per litre:

⎯ 0,5 g of L-histidine monohydrochloride monohydrate (C6H9N3O2·HCl·H2O);

⎯ 5 g of sodium chloride (NaCl);

⎯ 2,2 g of sodium dihydrogen orthophosphate dihydrate (NaH2PO4·2H2O).

The solution is brought to pH 5,5 (± 0,2) with 0,1 mol/l sodium hydroxide solution.

5.3 Alkali perspiration solution, freshly prepared (in accordance with ISO 105-E04) using water (4.8) and
containing, per litre:

⎯ 0,5 g L-histidine monohydrochloride monohydrate (C6H9N3O2·HCl·H2O);

⎯ 5 g of sodium chloride (NaCl); and

either

⎯ 5 g of disodium hydrogen orthophosphate dodecahydrate (Na2HPO4·12H2O);

or

⎯ 2,5 g of disodium hydrogen orthophosphate dihydrate (Na2HPO4·2H2O).

The solution is brought to pH 8,0 (± 0,2) with 0,1 mol/l sodium hydroxide solution.

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6 Test specimen
The size of the test specimen will depend on the number of specimens to be tested and on the shape and
dimensions of the specimen holders supplied with the apparatus. The minimum size for the samples is
40 mm × 10 mm. One specimen is required for each solution to be tested.

The specimen may be a strip of cloth, with the yarn wound close together on a card or laid parallel and
fastened on a card, or a mat of fibres combed and compressed to give a uniform surface and fastened on a
card.

7 Procedure

7.1 Weigh the specimen to ± 0,01g.

7.2 Place the test specimen in a smooth flat-bottomed dish and add 50 ml of freshly prepared perspiration
solution (5.1, 5.2 or 5.3, as agreed by interested parties) to be tested so as to cover the specimen. Soak the
test specimen in the solution at room temperature for (30 ± 2) min with occasional agitation and squeezing to
ensure complete wetting.

7.3 Remove the test specimen from the solution and blot it to remove excess solution. Reweigh the
specimen to determine (100 ± 5) % wet pick-up.

7.4 Attach each specimen to a water-repellent white card (4.6).

7.5 Mount the test specimen and white card in a specimen holder suitable for the xenon-arc-lamp fading
apparatus (4.7), without masking.

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7.6 Mount the blue wool reference material (4.4) onto a second card and mask in accordance with
ISO 105-B02. Do not wet with test solution.

7.7 The blue wool reference material and the exposure conditions should be agreed upon by the interested
parties.

NOTE The different exposure conditions in ISO 105-B02 do not lead to the same results.

7.8 Expose specimens together with the blue wool reference material (4.4) in the light-fading apparatus in
accordance with one of the exposure conditions agreed upon as specified in ISO 105-B02. The filter systems
and irradiance level shall be in accordance with ISO 105-B02.

Expose the specimens and blue wool reference material until the prescribed degree of fading of the blue wool
reference material, as indicated in ISO 105-B02, has been achieved, as determined on the grey scale for
assessing the change in colour (see ISO 105-A02) or instrumentally (see ISO 105-A05).

7.9 Remove the specimens and rinse by occasionally squeezing them with grade 3 water (4.8) for 1 min.
Dry them by hanging them in air at a temperature not exceeding 60 °C.

8 Evaluation
Assess the change in colour of each specimen by comparison with the grey scale for assessing change in
colour (4.3), or instrumentally (4.9).

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9 Test report
The test report shall include the following information:

a) a reference to this International Standard;

b) all details necessary for the identification of the sample tested;

c) the perspiration solution(s) used;

d) the blue wool reference material used;

e) the numerical rating for change in colour of the specimen for each type of perspiration solution used;

f) the xenon-arc-lamp apparatus used, chosen exposure condition, and machine set-up;

g) any deviation from the test method specified;

h) date of the test.

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Bibliography

[1] AATCC TM 15, Colorfastness to Perspiration

[2] ISO 105-A01, Textiles —Tests for colour fastness — Part A01: General principles of testing

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