UGANDA STANDARD  
  US 307 
 
 
First Edition  
2014-07-31 
Amendment  1 
2018 -mm-dd 
 
 
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Mosquito nets  — Specification  
AMENDMENT 1 : Denier of Polyethylene mosquito nets  
 
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© UNBS  2018 – All rights reserved  v Mosquito nets  — Specification  
Amendment 1: Denier of Polyethylene mosquito nets  
Page 3, Table 1  
Replace the Denier  of polyethylene  of ≥ 100 with 100 ± 2 . 
Table  1 — Specification  for netting  materials  
 
Parameter  Specification   
Test  method  
Polyester  Polyethylene  
Fibre  100 % polyester  100 % polyethylene  ISO 1833 -10 
 
Denier  100  
≥ 100 100 ± 2.   
ISO 2060  
Filaments  Multi -filament  Mono/multi -filament   
Mesh size,  
holes/cm2, min.  
24  
6.25  
ISO 3801  
Weight,  g/m2, min. 36 g/m2. 40 g/m2 ISO 3801  
Bursting  strength,  
Kpa,  min  
350 350 Kpa.(min)   
ISO 13938 -1 
Dimensional  stability,  
max.   
Threshold  of 5 %  
Threshold  of 10 %  ISO 6330  
ISO 5077  
Flammability  (fire 
safety)   
Not inflammable  (class  1) Not inflammable  (class  1)  
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Weave/netting  type Warp  knitted  Raschel* ISO 8388  
Colour  fastness  to: 
 Light  
 Washing   
 
4 or better  
4 or better   
 
4 or better  
4 or better   
 
ISO 105 
Seam  Sewn using  100 % polyester thread  Sewn using  100 % polyester thread  - 
* Raschel knit  is a w arp  knitted  fabric that  produces  fabric  similar to tricot but  usually of coarser  texture  and with  openwork  patterns.