ISO 13365:2011

Leather — Chemical tests — Determination of the preservative (TCMTB, PCMC, OPP, OIT) content in leather by liquid chromatography ISO 13365:2011

Publication date:   Jan 11, 2011

Scope

ISO 13365:2011 specifies a test method for the determination of the content of the following preservative agents:
2-(thiocyanomethylthio)-benzothiazole (TCMTB);
4-chloro-3-methylphenol (PCMC);
2-phenylphenol (OPP);
2-octylisothiazol-3(2H)-one (OIT);
in leather by liquid chromatography.
Preservative agents are necessary to protect leather from microbiological attack.