ID-ing Fibers

Question	Answer
Wool	warm, hairy, virgin doesn't crush and shoddy creases, Bunt-to a black bead
Silk	Lutrous, light, warm, burns to black bead. When weighted with metallics salt it glows metal red, smells like burning feathers
Cotton	rough but versatile with MERCERIZATION (soaking in caustic soda). Creases, burns a steady yellow, gray ash, smells like burning paper.
Linen	soft, silky, creases unless treated, burns a steady yellow, gray skeleton, smells like burning paper.
Acrilan	light, strong, stringy, blended usually, burns to tar like bead, smells like burning hair
Courtelle	soft, warm, often jersey fabric, resist crush, black bead, odor.
Acetate	silkey, frays, little give, dissolves, into acetone, burns to black bead with a vinegar smell.
Cuprimonium rayon	Silkey, soft, burn-gray ash, burnt paper smell.
Triacetate	Silky, warm, soft, frays, resists crush, burn-bead, acrid, odor
Viscose Rayon	cool, often brushed, gray ash, burning paper
Nylon	Strong, elastic, resist crush, cool, frays, burnt-hard bead ,self extinguishing with celery smell
Dacron	Strong, little I've, frays, resists crutch, burn-difficult to burn, becomes hard beaded edge, odor.
Spanzelle, Vyrene, Lycra	Strtechy, light, stron, burnt-melts with orange flame, gummy finish, aromatic
Fibrolane	soft, warm, easily farys, blends, burnt-black crushable beads and burnt hair smell.

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