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ISO TEST METHODS

ISO Test Methods

ISO Test Methods Performed by SGS-IPS

Serving the U.S., North America and beyond, SGS-IPS Testing is ISO 17025 certified and performs tests following the ISO test methods at its testing laboratory in Northeast Wisconsin.

Click on the method number of interest to see more details about the ISO test method, sample requirements and other pertinent information. If you don’t see the test you are interested in, please contact us to see if we are able to meet your physical testing needs.

Test MethodMethod NumberTest Material
Absorption, Capacity - WaterISO 9073-6, Section 5Nonwovens
Absorption, Capacity - Whole ProductISO 11948-1Diapers and Incontinence Products
Absorption, Capacity and Time - WaterISO 12625-8Tissue
Absorption, Time - Water DropISO 12625-8Tissue
Absorption, Time and Capacity - WaterISO 9073-6 , Section 4Nonwovens
Absorption, Wicking Rate - Four Test IntervalsISO 9073-6, Section 6Nonwovens
Absorption, Wicking Rate - Three Test IntervalsISO 9073-6, Section 6Nonwovens
Air PermeabilityISO 9237Nonwovens
Basis WeightISO 536Paper and Paperboard
Basis WeightISO 12625-6Tissue
Brightness, Diffuse or ISOISO 12625-7Tissue
Brightness, Diffuse or ISO - C illuminantISO 2470-1Paper
Brightness, Diffuse or ISO - D65 illuminantISO 2470-2Paper
Brightness, Fluorescent Component - Diffuse or ISOISO 2470-1 or ISO 2470-2Paper
Burst, Ball BurstISO 12625-9Tissue
Burst, MullenISO 2759Paperboard and Linerboard
Burst, MullenISO 2758Paper
Caliper, Bulking ThicknessISO 12625-3Tissue
Caliper, Bulking ThicknessISO 534Paper and Board
Caliper, Single Sheet ThicknessISO 534Paper and Board
Caliper, Single Sheet ThicknessISO 12625-3Tissue
Color, L,a,b,L*,a*,b* - Diffuse or ISO using C illuminantISO 5631-1Paper
Color, L,a,b,L*,a*,b* - Diffuse or ISO using D65 illuminantISO 5631-2Paper
Color, L,a,b,L*,a*,b*, CIE Whiteness - Diffuse or ISOISO 12625-7Tissue
Color, Whiteness - Diffuse or ISO using C illuminantISO 11476Paper
Color, Whiteness - Diffuse or ISO using D65 illuminantISO 11475Paper
Flourescent Component - Diffuse or ISOISO 2470-1 or ISO 2470-2
Lint, ISOISO 9073-10Nonwovens
Opacity, Diffuse or ISOISO 12625-7Tissue
Opacity, Diffuse or ISOISO 2471Paper
Perforation StrengthISO 12625-12Tissue, Towels and Wipes
Porosity, GurleyISO 5636-5Paper
Porosity, Parker Print-SurfISO 8791-4Paper
Refining, PFIISO 5264-2Pulp
Stiffness, TaberISO 2493-2Paper
Stiffness, Three Point BeamISO 5628Paperboard
Stiffness, Two Point MethodISO 5628Paper
Tear, ElmendorfISO 1974Paper
TensileISO 1924-2Paper and Paperboard
Tensile, DryISO 9073-3Nonwovens
Tensile, DryISO 12625-4Tissue
Tensile, Perforation StrengthISO 12625-12Tissue
Tensile, WetISO 9073-3Nonwovens
Tensile, Wet - Finch CupISO 12625-5Tissue
Tensile, Wet - SGS-IPS WettingISO 12625-5 and SGS-IPS Method for WettingTissue