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Description Method Number Former Nomenclature Equivalent methods

1) GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS Glossary of Terms How to Write a Test Method Sample and Laboratory Conditioning Worldwide Associations Sampling List of Vendors Guidance to Nonwoven Test Methods Guidance to Highloft Test Methods 2) ABSORPTION Nonwoven Absorption Rate of Sorption of Wiping Materials Demand Absorbency Evaluation of oil and Fatty Liquids Absorption 3) ABRASION RESISTANCE Inflated Diaphragm Flexing and Abrasion Double Rotary Platform (Tabor) Modified Martindale

WSP 1.0 (09) WSP 2.0 (09) WSP 3.0 (09) WSP 4.0 (09) WSP 5.0 (09) WSP 6.0 (09) WSP 7.0 (09) WSP 8.0 (09)

ERT 60.2 (99) ERT Useful Addresses ERT 130.2 (99) Useful Vendors List INDA Guidance Document INDA Guidance Document

WSP 10.1 (08) WSP 10.2 (08) WSP 10.3 (08) WSP 10.4 (08)

ERT 10.4 (02) IST 10.2 (01) ERT 230 1 (02) -

9073 - 6:2000 9073 12-:2002

WSP 20.1 (08) WSP 20.2 (08) WSP 20.4 (08) WSP 20.5 (08)

Modified IST 20.1 (01) Modified IST 20.2 (01) Modified IST 20.4 (01) Modified IST 20.5 (01)

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Description Method Number
WSP 30.1 (08) WSP 30.2 (08)

Former Nomenclature
Modified IST 30.1 (01) ERT 80.4 (02)

Equivalent method

4) BURSTING STRENGTH Diaphragm Burst Burst 5) ELECTROSTATIC PROPERTIES Surface Resistivity Decay 6) OPTICAL PROPERTIES Opacity (INDA) Brightness (INDA) Brightness (EDANA) Opacity (EDANA) Fiber Orientation Distribution 7) PERMEABILITY Air Permeability Liquid Strike-Through Water Vapor Transmission Rate Mocon/INDA Water Vapor Transmission Rate Mocon/EDANA, Part 1 Water Vapor Transmission Rate Lyssy/EDANA, Part 2

WSP 40.1 (08) WSP 40.2 (08)

IST 40.1 (01) IST 40.2 (01)

WSP 60.1 (08) WSP 60.2 (08) WSP 60.3 (08) WSP 60.4 (08) WSP 60.5 (09)

IST 60.1 (01) IST 60.2 (01) ERT 100.1 (78) ERT 110 1 (78) -

WSP 70.1 (08) WSP 70.3 (08) WSP 70.4 (08) WSP 70.5 (08) WSP 70.6 (09)

Modified IST 70.1 (01) ERT 150.5 (02) IST 70.4 (01) -

9073 15:2007 9073 8:1995

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Description Method Number
WSP 70.7 (11) WSP 70.8 (11)

Former Nomenclature
ERT 153.0:(02) ERT 154.0 (02)

Equivalent method
9073 13:2006 9073 14:2006

Repeated Liquid Strike-Through Time Wetback after Repeated Strike-Through 8) REPELLENCY Surface Wetting Spray Penetration by Water (Rain Test) Penetration by Water (Spray Impact) Penetration by Saline Solution (Automated Mason Jar) Water Resistance (Hydrostatic Pressure) Penetration by Oil(Hydrocarbon Resistance) Alcohol Repellency Run-Off Coverstock Wetback Wet Barrier Mason Jar

WSP 80.1 (09) WSP 80.2 (09) WSP 80.3 (09) WSP 80.5 (09) WSP 80.6 (09) WSP 80.7 (09) WSP 80.8 (09) WSP 80.9 (09) WSP 80.10 (09) WSP 80.11 (09)

IST 80.1 (01) IST 80.2 (01) Modified IST 80.2 (01) IST 80.5 (01) IST 80.6 (01)/IST 80.4 (01) IST 80.7 (01) IST 80.8 (01) ERT 152.2 (02) ERT 151.3 (02) ERT 170.1 (02)

9073 17:2008

9073 16:2007

9073 11:2002

9) STIFFNESS Cantilever Bending (INDA) Stiffness Using the Gurley Handle-O-Meter Cusick Drape Bending Length (EDANA)

WSP 90.1 (09) WSP 90.2 (09) WSP 90.3 (09) WSP 90.4 (09) WSP 90.5 (09)

Modified IST 90.1 (01) Modified IST 90.2 (01) Modified IST 90.3 (01) ERT 90.4 (99) ERT 50.5.(99)

9073 7:1995 9073 9:1995

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Description Method Number
WSP 90.6 (09)

Former Nomenclature
-

Equivalent method

Drapeability 10) TEAR STRENGTH Elmendorf Trapezoid Tear Tongue Tear 11) TENSILE Grab Tensile Bond Strength Strip Tensile Ball Burst 12) THICKNESS Thickness (INDA) Thickness of Highloft Compression and Recovery, Highloft Compression and Recovery, Highloft Using Weights and Plates Compression and Recovery, Highloft High Temperature/High Humidity Thickness (EDANA)

WSP 100.1 (09) WSP 100.2 (09) WSP 100.3 (09)

Modified IST 100.1 (01) IST 110.2 (01)/ ERT 70.4 (99) Modified IST 100.3 (01)

9073 4:2008

WSP 110.1 (09) WSP 110.3(09) WSP 110.4 (09) WSP 110.5 (09)

Modified IST 110.1 (01) IST 110.5 (02)/ERT 20.2 (89) -

9073 18:2007 9073 3:1989 ISO/DIS 9073 5

WSP 120.1 (09) WSP 120.2 (09) WSP 120.3 (09) WSP 120.4 (09) WSP 120.5 (09) WSP 120.6 (09)

Modified IST 120.1 (01) Modified IST 120.2 (01) IST 120.3 (01) IST 120.4 (01) IST 120.5 (01) ERT 30.5 (99)

9073 2:1995

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Description Method Number
WSP 130.1 (09)

Former Nomenclature
ERT 40.3 (90)

Equivalent method
9073 1:1989

13) WEIGHT Mass per Unit Area 14)BINDER/APPEARANCE/DRYCLEANING Binder Distribution/Penetration Appearance and Integrity of Highloft Batting

WSP 150.1 (09) WSP 150.2 (09)

IST 50.1 (01) IST 50.2 (01)

15) LINTING Particulate Shedding, Dry Particulate Shedding, Wet Fibrous Debris from Nonwovens Fibrous Debris from Hydrophobic Nonwovens 16) GEOTEXTILES Conditioning Sampling Bursting Strength Air Permeability Cantilever Stiffness Trapezoid Tear Force and Elongation Grab

WSP 160.1 (09) WSP 160.2 (09) WSP 160.3 (09) WSP 160.4 (09)

IST 160.1 (01)/ERT 220.1(02) IST 160.2 (01) IST 160.3 (01) IDT 160 4 (01)

9073 10:2003

WSP 3.0 (09) WSP 5.0 (09) WSP 30.1 (08) WSP 70.1 (08) WSP 90.1 (09) WSP 100.2 (09) WSP 110.1 (09)

ERT 60.2 (99)/ISO 554 ERT 130.2 (89) Modified IST 30.1 (01) Modified IST 70.1 (01) Modified IST 90.1 (01) Modified IST 100.3 (01) Modified IST 110.1 (01)

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Description Method Number
WSP 110.4 (09) WSP 120.1 (09) WSP 120.2 (09) WSP 130.1 (09)

Former Nomenclature
IST 110.5 (02)/ERT 20.2 (89) Modified IST 120.1 (01) Modified IST 120.2 (01) ERT 40.3 (90)

Equivalent method

Breaking Force Strip Test Thickness Thickness of Highloft Mass per Unit Area 17) SUPERABSORBENT MATERIALS pH of Polyacrylate (PA) Powders Residual Monomers Particle Size Distribution Mass Loss Upon Heating Free Swell Capacity in Saline, Gravimetric Determination Fluid Retention Capacity in Saline, After Centrifugation Gravimetric Determination of Absorption Under Pressure, Gravimetric Determination of flow rate Gravimetric Determination of Density, Extractable

WSP 200.3 (11) WSP 210. 3 (11)) WSP 220. 3 (11) WSP 230. 3 (11) WSP 240. 3 (11)) WSP 241. 3 (11) WSP 242. 3 (11) WSP 250. 3 (11) Merged w/250 WSP 270. 3 (11)

ERT 400.2 (02)/IST 200.1(02) ERT 410.2 (02)/IST 210.2(02) ERT 420.2. (02)/IST 220.0(02) ERT 430. 2 (02)IST 230.0(02) ERT 440 2 (02)IST 240.2(02) ERT 441.2 (02)/IST 241.2(02) ERT 442.2 (02)/IST 242.2(02) ERT 450.2 (02)/IST 250.0(02) ERT 460.2 (02)/IST260.2(02) ERT 470.2 (02)/IST 270.2(02)

17190 1:2001 17190 2:2001 17190 3:2001 17190 4:2001 17190 5:2001 17190 6:2001 17190 7:2001 17190 8:2001 17190 9:2001 17190 10:2001

18) BACTERIAL Filtration Efficiency

WSP 300.0 (09)

ERT 180.0.(89)

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Description Method Number
WSP 301.0 (09) WSP 302.0 (09)

Former Nomenclature
ERT 190.1 (02) ERT 200.1 (02)

Equivalent method

Dry Bacterial Penetration Wet Bacterial Penetration 19) FORMALDEHYDE Water Extraction Method I Stressed Extraction Method II Free Formaldehyde Determination HPLC, Method III Free Formaldehyde in Processing Method IV 20) ABSORBENT HYGIENE PRODUCTS Syngina Method (Tampons) Ethanol Extractable Organotin 1 Synthetic Urine Extractable Organotin II Acetone extractable finish on nonwovens Absorption Before Leakage using an Adult Mannequin 21) USEFUL METHODS Surface Linting Lamination Strength Cup Crush Thermal barrier performance

WSP 310.2 (11) WSP 311.1 (11) WSP 312.1 (11) WSP 313.1 (11)

ERT 210.1 (99) ERT 211.1 (99) ERT 212.0 (96) ERT 213.0.(99)

WSP 350.1 (09) WSP 351.0 (09) WSP 352.0 (09) WSP 353.0 (07) WSP 354.1 (11)

ERT 350.0 (02) ERT 360 0 (02) ERT 361. 0 (02) ERT 155.0 (07) -

WSP 400.0 (09) WSP 401.0 (09) WSP 402.0 (09) WSP 403.0 (09)

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Description Method Number
WSP 404.0 (11) WSP 405.0 (11) WSP 406.0 (11)

Former Nomenclature
WSP 280. 0 (05) WSP 290. 0 (05)

Equivalent method
17190 11:2001 17190 12:2002

Diaper Sampling Respirable Particles Dust in Collection, Sodium Atomic Absorption/Emission Spectrometry

22) Flushability
Toilet Bowl and Drainline Clearance Dispersability Shake Flask Dispersability Tipping Tube Dispersability Vortex Column Settling Aerobic Biodisintegration Aerobic Biodegradation Anaerobic Biodisintegration Anaerobic Biodegradation Toilet Bowl & Drainline Clearance Laboratory Household Pump-Compatability Laboratory Household Pump-Dispersability Slosh Box Disintegration Septic Tank Retention Activated Sludge Porous Pot Disintegration WSP 510.1 (09) WSP 511.1 (09) WSP 511.2 (09) WSP 511.3 (09) WSP 512.1 (09) WSP 513.1 (09) WSP 513.2 (09) WSP 514.1 (09) WSP 514.2 (09) WSP 520.1 (09) WSP 521.1 (09) WSP 522.1 (09) WSP 522.2 (09) WSP 523.1 (09) WSP 524.1 (09) -

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Description Method Number
WSP 525.1 (09) WSP 525.2 (09) WSP 530.1 (09) WSP 531.1 (09) WSP 532.1 (09)

Former Nomenclature
-

Equivalent method

Lab. Untreated Discharge Disintegration Lab. Soil Biodisintegration Home Use Toilet and Drainline Household Sewage Pump Sewer Conveyance & Municipal Wastewater 23) Fiber glass mats Sampling and Lot Acceptance Sample Location for Fiber Glass Mat Sheets Test Conditions for Fiber Glass Mat Tensile Strength and Elongation at Break Basis Weight Moisture Content Loss on Ignition of Fiber Glass Mat Moisture Sensitivity of Fiber Glass Mat Uniformity of Fiber Glass Mats Average Fiber Diameter of Fiber Glass Mats

WSP 600.0 (08) WSP 601.0 (08) WSP 602.0 (08) WSP 603 0 (08) WSP 604.0 (08) WSP 605.0 (08) WSP 606.0 (08) WSP 607.0 (08) WSP 608.0 (08) WSP 609.0 (08)

TAPPI T-1006 TAPPI T-1007 TAPPI T-1008 TAPPI T-494 TAPPI T-410 TAPPI T-1012 TAPPI T-1013 TAPPI T-1014 TAPPI T-1015 TAPPI T-1016