History
Document Details
Name of Department/Committee : CHD 17
Document Number : CHD 17 ( 28188)
Document Title [English] : Bookbinding Leather - Specification (first revision)
Document Title [Hindi] : बुकबाइंडिंग चमड़ा — विशिष्टि (पहला पुनरीक्षण)
Document Type : Revision
Language : English
Priority : 3
ICS Code : 59.140.35
Date of Project Approval : 27-03-2025
Standards to be Revised :
Sl.No. Is No & Year
1 IS 2960: 1964
Standards to be Superseded :
Sl.No. Is No & Year
1 IS 2960: 1964

Classification Details
Group : Leather and Leather Products
Sub Group : Leather Apparels
Sub Sub Group : Leather garments and goods & industrial leather
Aspects : Product Specification
Risk : None
Certification : Voluntary Certification
Short Commom Man's Title :
ITCHS Code :
Ministry :
  • Ministry of Commerce and Industry - Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
Sustainable development Goals :
  • INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Degree of Equivalence : Indigenous
Identical/Equivalent Standards :
Organization Type:
Division Council Chairperson Approval Details
Request Date: 23-09-2025
Status of Chairperson Approval: Division Council Chairperson approval uploaded by member secretary  (Click to View)
Division Council Chairperson : Sourav Pal
Attachment :  View
Sectional Committee Chairman Approval :
N/A

::Cross Referenced Indian Standard::
Sl. No. Is No & Year IS Title
1 IS 582: 1970 Methods of chemical testing of leather (First Revision)
2 IS 582 : Part 5 : Sec 2: 2018 METHODS OF CHEMICAL TESTING OF LEATHER PART 5 DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN AZO COLORANTS IN DYED LEATHERS SECTION 2 DETERMINATION OF 4-AMINOAZOBENZENE
3 IS 582 : Part 2: 2024 Methods of Chemical Testing of Leather Part 2 Determination of Water-Soluble Matter, Water-Soluble Inorganic Matter and Water-Soluble Organic Matter (First Revision)
4 IS 582 : Part 3: 2017 Methods of chemical testing of leather: Part 3 determination of sulphated total ash and sulphated water - Insoluble ash (Second Revision)
5 IS 582 : Part 5 : Sec 1: 2024 Methods of Chemical Testing of Leather Part 5 Determination of Certain Azo Colorants in Dyed Leathers Section 1 Determination of Certain Aromatic Amines Derived from Azo Colorants (First Revision)
6 IS 582 : Part 6 : Sec 2: 2024 METHODS OF CHEMICAL TESTING OF LEATHER: PART 6 DETERMINATION OF METAL CONTENT SECTION 2 TOTAL METAL CONTENT (First Revision)
7 IS 582 : Part 6 : Sec 1: 2024 METHODS OF CHEMICAL TESTING OF LEATHER: PART 6 DETERMINATION OF METAL CONTENT SECTION 1 EXTRACTABLE METALS (First Revision)
8 IS 582 : Part 9: 2022 METHODS OF CHEMICAL TESTING OF LEATHER Part 9 Determination of pH and difference figure
9 IS 582 : Part 10 : Sec 4: 2022 METHODS OF CHEMICAL TESTING OF LEATHER Part 10 Determination of chromic oxide content Section 4 Quantification by inductively coupled plasma ICP
10 IS 582 : Part 10 : Sec 1: 2022 METHODS OF CHEMICAL TESTING OF LEATHER Part 10 Determination of chromic oxide content Section 1 Quantification by titration
11 IS 582 : Part 5 : Sec 2: 2018 METHODS OF CHEMICAL TESTING OF LEATHER PART 5 DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN AZO COLORANTS IN DYED LEATHERS SECTION 2 DETERMINATION OF 4-AMINOAZOBENZENE
12 IS 582 : Part 10 : Sec 3: 2022 METHODS OF CHEMICAL TESTING OF LEATHER Part 10 Determination of chromic oxide content Section 3 Quantification by atomic absorption spectrometry
13 IS 582 : Part 11 : Sec 1: 2022 METHODS OF CHEMICAL TESTING OF LEATHER Part 11 Determination of chromium(VI) content in leather Section 1: Colorimetric method
14 IS 582 : Part 12: 2022 METHODS OF CHEMICAL TESTING OF LEATHER Part 12 Determination of nitrogen content and hide substance Titrimetric method
15 IS 582 : Part 12: 2022 METHODS OF CHEMICAL TESTING OF LEATHER Part 12 Determination of nitrogen content and hide substance Titrimetric method
16 IS 582 : Part 14: 2022 METHODS OF CHEMICAL TESTING OF LEATHER Part 14 DETERMINATION OF MATTER SOLUBLE IN DICHLOROMETHANE AND FREE FATTY ACID CONTENT
17 IS 1070: 2023 Reagent Grade Water Specification (Fourth Revision)
18 IS 1640: 2025 Hides, Skins, and Leather - Vocabulary (Second Revision)
19 IS 5914 : Part 5 : Sec 2: 2023 Methods of Physical Testing of Leather Part 5 Determination of tear load Section 2 Double edge tear
20 IS 5914 : Part 6 : Sec 1: 2023 Methods of Physical Testing of Leather Part 6 Determination of flex resistance Section 1 Flexometer method
21 IS 6191: 1971 Micro - Biological colour fastness and microscopical tests for leather
22 IS 6191 : Part 2: 2017 Methods of Micro-Biological, Colour Fastness and Microcopical Tests for Leather Part 2 Colour Fastness to Water
23 IS 6191 : Part 4: 2024 Methods of Micro-Biological, Colour Fastness and Microscopical Tests for Leather Part 4 Colour Fastness to Cycles of to-and-fro Rubbing (First Revision)
24 IS 6191 : Part 6: 2023 Methods of Micro-Biological Colour Fastness and Microscopical Tests for Leather Part 6 Colour Fastness to Perspiration
25 IS 14575: 2024 Leather — Chemical Tests — Determination of Tetrachlorophenol-, Trichlorophenol-, Dichlorophenol-, Monochlorophenol- Isomers and Pentachlorophenol Content (First Revision)
26 IS 16296 : Part 2: 2014 Leather - Chemical determination of chromic oxide content: Part 2 quantification by colorimetric determination
27 IS 16297 : Part 2: 2022 Leather Chemical Determination of Formaldehyde Content Part 2 Method Using Colorimetric Analysis First Revision
28 IS 16297 : Part 1: 2014 Leather - Chemical determination of formaldehyde content: Part 1 method using high performance liquid chromatography
Sl.No. Synosis Points
1 The use of leather for bookbinding purposes is quite old. It is preferred to cloth or paper largely because of its greater resistance to wear and tear in handling and consequently there is a greater shelf life for leather bound books.
2 Bookbinding leather, as it is required to preserve costly and at times invaluable records and books, is in fact a choice material. Among many other requirements it has to be damp-proof, resistant to mildew and insect attack and should withstand rough handling. At the same time the eye appeal of bookbinding leather cannot be overlooked.
3 This standard prescribes the requirements and the methods of tests for vegetable, chrome and chrome-vegetable combination tanned bookbinding leather.
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1 17-06-2025 17-11-2025 01-02-2026 16-06-2026 PREETI PRABHA 17-06-2025