1.1 This standard prescribes methods for esti-mation of (a) moisture, (b) total size or finish, (c) ash and (d) fatty matter in grey and finished cotton textile materials.
1.2 The method prescribed for estimation of starch is not applicable in cases where the starch has been insolubilized as in formaldehyde-containing finishes and is not intended for use in determin-ing small amounts of resioual starch and fatty materials. The method prescribed for determina-tion of fatty matter is not applicable to lextile materials containing oxidized unsaturated oils, waterproofing or softening preparations derived from cetylpyridinium halides, rot-proofing agents, synthetic resins and other substances that would interfere.
IS 199-1989 history
1989IS 199-1989 Textiles—Estimation of moisture, gross dimensions or finish, ash and fatty matter in gray and finished cotton textile materials