BS EN ISO 20136:2020
Leather. Determination of degradability by micro-organisms
- Standard No.
- BS EN ISO 20136:2020
- Release Date
- 2020
- Published By
- British Standards Institution (BSI)
- Latest
- BS EN ISO 20136:2020
- Scope
- What is ISO 20136 about?
ISO 20136 discusses leather. ISO 20136 specifies a test method to determine the degree and rate of aerobic biodegradation of hides and skins of different animal origins, whether they are tanned or not, through the indirect determination of CO2 produced by the degradation of collagen.
ISO 20136 applies to the following materials:
Natural polymers of animal stroma (animal tissue/skins)
BS EN ISO 20136:2020 history
- 2020 BS EN ISO 20136:2020 Leather. Determination of degradability by micro-organisms
- 2017 BS EN ISO 20136:2017 Leather. Determination of degradability by micro-organisms
