BS EN ISO 105- BRITISH STANDARD A01:2010 Textiles Tests for colour fastness Part Aol: General principles of testing (ISO 105-A01:2010) ICS 59.080.01 BSi BritishStandards BSENISO105-A01:2010 National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN ISO 105- A01:2010. It supersedes BS EN IS0 105-A01:1996 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee TCI/81, Colour fastness and colour measurement of textiles. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity fromlegal obligations. This British Standard Amendments/corrigendaissuedsincepublication was published under the authority ofthe Standards Policy and Strategy Date Comments Committee on 28 February 2010. BSI 2010 ISBN9780580653568 EUROPEANSTANDARD ENISO105-A01 NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHENORM January 2010 ICS59.080.01 Supersedes ENISO105-A01:1995 English Version Textiles-Testsforcolourfastness s-PartA01:General principles of testing (ISO 105-A01:2010) Textiles - Essais de solidite des coloris - Partie A01: Textilien - Farbechtheitsprufungen - Teil A01: Allgemeine Principes generaux pour effectuer les essais (Iso 105- Prufgrundlagen (ISO 105-A01:2010) A01:2010) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 9 January 2010. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerming such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN Management Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. cen EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITE EUROPEEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPAISCHES KOMITEE FUR NORMUNG ManagementCentre:AvenueMarnix17,B-1000oBrussels 2010CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref.No.EN ISO 105-A01:2010: E worldwide for CEN national Members. BS ENISO 105-A01:2010 ENISO105-A01:2010 (E) Foreword This document (EN ISO 105-A01:2010) 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 BSl. text or by endorsement, at the latest by July 2010, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latestbyJuly2010 Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent This document supersedes ENISO 105-A01:1995. According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Endorsementnotice The text of ISO 105-A01:2010 has been approved by CEN as an EN ISO 105-A01:2010 without any modification BSENISO105-A01:2010 ISO105-A01:2010(E) Contents Page Foreword iv 1 Scope. 2 Normativereferences 3 General principle ... 2 4 Outlineofformof themethods.. 5 The"Scope" clause... 6 The“Normativereferences"clause. 7 The“"Termsand definitions"clause... 8 The“"Principle"clause 6 The“"Apparatus","