l and how the changes in the functional group of each fabric takes place ? To measure the extent to which a specific kind of fabric is biodegraded 10 1.5 Methodology This master thesis is all about to understand the biodegradation of different textile materials when buried in soil. TheISOstandards,ISO 11721-1:2001and ISO 11721:2003 were considered during the experimentation and the es of the experimentation were analyzed and exploited by following scientific methods. ? Determining mass per unit area of the fabricby Zweigle KG apparatus ? Analyzing fabrics by Axiotech 25 HD (+POL) Microscope (ZEISS) ? Analyzing fabrics by Scanning Electron Microscope(TS 5130) ? Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Analysis (Perkin Elmer) ? Thermogravimetric Analysis(TGA Q500)