National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 13758‑1:2001, incorporating amendment A1:2006. It supersedes BS 7914:1998 which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee TCI/66, Apparel.

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 from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 28 January 2002

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 5 October 2001 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 23 November 2006.

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 concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat 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 under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, 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.

Foreword

This European Standard (EN 13758‑1:2001+A1:2006) has been prepared by 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2007, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2007.

This document includes Amendment 1, approved by CEN on 2006-11-23.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags .

This standard includes a normative annex A and informative annexes B and C.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, 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.

1 Scope

This European Standard specifies a method for the determination of the erythemally weighted ultraviolet (UV) radiation transmittance of standard conditioned apparel fabrics to assess their solar UV protective properties.

This method is not suitable for fabrics which offer protection at a distance such as umbrellas, shade structures or artificial sources.

NOTE This standard may not be appropriate for fabrics with small colour and construction variations.

2 Normative references

3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations

4 Principle

5 Apparatus

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.5

6 Preparation and conditioning of test specimens

6.1 Preparation

6.2 Conditions for testing

7 Procedure

7.1

7.2

7.3

8 Calculation and expression of the results

8.1 General

8.2 Accuracy of measurements

9 Test report

BS EN 13758-1:2002

Textiles. Solar UV protective properties - Method of test for apparel fabrics

Current

Published:

28 Jan 2002