BS ISO 9073-12:2002

This standard BS ISO 9073-12:2002 Textiles. Test methods for nonwovens is classified in these ICS categories:

• 59.080.30 Textile fabrics

This part of ISO 9073 describes a method for the evaluation of the absorbency of fabrics when one side is in contact with a liquid and the fabric is under mechanical pressure.

This test is designed to allow comparison of absorbent materials such as nonwovens and is not intended to simulate in-use conditions of finished products.

NOTE Demand absorbency is also called demand wettability.