A-A-50156
April 21, 1988
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
BATTING, COTTON, NONABSORBENT, UNBLEACHED
The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this commercial item description in preference to CCC-B-606.
1. CLASSIFICATION.
1.1 Classification. This commercial item description covers nonabsorbent, unbleached cotton batting of one type in the following grades (see 5.2):
Grade A- 50 percent, 3/4 inch fibers
Grade B- 50 percent, 1/2 inch fibers
2. SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS.
2.1 General. The batting shall be made from unbleached, nonabsorbent cotton, natural color, which is cleaned and garnetted to produce continuous unbroken sheets of uniform thickness in the weights and dimensions specified in 2.3. The Grade A batting shall have a minimum of 50 percent new cotton fibers having a 3/4 inch minimum staple length. The Grade B batting shall have a minimum of 50 percent new or reworked cotton having a 1/2 inch minimum staple length.
2.2 Physical requirements.
2.2.1 Ash. The cotton ash residue shall not exceed two percent when tested in accordance with Fed.Std.191A, Method 2611.
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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