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Barium and Wash Loss

The following is a comparison of % Barium found in the rinse residue of down and feathers with the wash loss results of IDFL's controlled wash loss test.


% Barium found in
Down/Feather Residue

Average
% Wash Loss
IDFL Test

Range of
% Wash Loss
IDFL Test

Less than 0.1 % 9.9 % 3 - 14 %
0.1 - 0.9 % 13.0 % 5 - 19 %
1.0 - 4.9 % 16.3 % 7 - 23 %
5.0 - 9.9 % 18 % 7 - 25 %
10 - 19 % 22 % 10 - 26 %
20 - 29 % 22.3 % 16 - 25 %
30 - 39 % 22.7 % 17 - 29 %
Over 40 % 24.4 % 20 - 30 %

% Barium found in
Down/Feather Residue

% Wash Loss
IDFL Controlled Test

Less than 0.1 % 9.9
0.1 - 0.9 14.0
1.0 - 1.9 14.9
2.0 - 2.9 16.2
3.0 - 3.9 17.1
4.0 - 4.9 16.0
5.0 - 5.9 17.1
6.0 - 6.9

17.4

7.0 -7.9 18.0
8.0 - 8.9 18.2
9.0 - 9.9 22.0
10 - 19 22.0
20 - 29 22.3
30 - 39 22.7
Over 40 24.4

IDFL #

Original Barium

Cone Barium

Differ

% Differ

Acetone Barium

% of ConeBa

99-44283 3.24 4.23 -0.99 -31 23.2 18.23%
98-43945 .20 .19 0.01 5 .9 21.11%
98-43946 6.89 13.29 -6.4 -93 46.4 28.64%
98-42548 .03 .12 -0.09 -300 .6 20.00%
98-44522 .96 7.59 -6.63 -691 37.4 20.29%
98-41851 9.68 19.48 -9.8 -101 50.6 38.50%
98-42962 5.80 .68 5.12 88 3.0 22.67%
98-44434 .15 .54 -0.39 -260 2.5 21.60%
98-44523 .09 .18 -0.09 -100 1.4 12.86%
98-44435 1.28 5.98 -4.7 -367 50.7 11.79%
99-45101 4.80 9.72 -4.92 -103 56.9 17.08%
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