DIN EN ISO 105-B10:2012-01

This standard specifies a procedure for exposing textiles to artificial weathering in xenon-arc apparatus, including the action of liquid water and water vapour, in order to determine the weather resistance of the colour of textiles. The exposure is carried out in a test chamber with a filtered xenon-arc light source simulating solar spectral irradiance. The method can be used either for determining the colour fastness or the ageing behaviour of the textile under test. It is also applicable to white (bleached or optically brightened) textiles.
Regarding the procedure, a specimen of the textile to be tested shall be exposed to artificial radiation from a xenon-arc lamp with or without periodical wetting. The colour fastness shall be assessed by comparing the change in colour of the specimen using the grey scale. The ageing behaviour shall be assessed by measuring the degree of change of a selected property, for example, tensile strength, compared to an unexposed specimen, using the appropriate test method. The ageing criterion shall be agreed on by the interested parties and should preferably be one that is important for the practical end-use of the textile under test.
The document EN ISO 105-B10:2011 has been prepared by ISO/TC 38 "Textiles", in collaboration with CEN/TC 248 "Textiles and textile products", the secretariat of which is held by BSI (United Kingdom). The responsible German committee is Working Committee NA 062-05-11 AA "Farbechtheit von Textilien - Deutsche Echtheitskommission DEK" ("Colour Fastness of Textiles - German Colour Fastness Committee") at DIN.