5—1998
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PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee CH/20, Resistance to
Fungal Growth to supersede AS 1157.5 — 1971.
This is Part 5 of a series of methods for assessing the resistance to fungal growth of a
range of commonly used materials. The other Standards in the series are as follows:
AS
1157 Methods of testing materials for resistance to fungal growth
1157.1 Part 1: General principles of testing
1157.2 Part 2: Resistance of textiles to fungal growth
1157.3 Part 3: Resistance of cordage and yarns to fungal growth
1157.4 Part 4: Resistance of coated fabrics to fungal growth
1157.6 Part 6: Resistance of leather to surface fungal growth
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1157.7 Part 7: Resistance of paper and paper products to surface fungal growth
1157.10 Part 10: Resistance of adhesives and glues to fungal growth
1157.11 Part 11: Resistance of rubbers and plastics to surface fungal growth
Appendix A has been adopted from BS 5761.2:1990 (EN 84:1989), Wood
preservatives — Accelerated ageing of treated wood prior to biological testing, Part 2:
Leaching procedure.
The term ‘normative’ has been used in this Standard to define the application of the
appendix to which it applies. A ‘normative’ appendix is an integral part of a Standard.
CONTENTS
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1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 PRINCIPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 APPARATUS AND TEST ORGANISMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 TEST SPECIMENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 INTERPRETATION OF TIMBER TERMS AND NAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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