Designation:D7641−10(Reapproved2014)´1StandardGuideforTextileFibers1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD7641;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ε1NOTE—EditorialchangesweremadetoAnnexA1inAugust2014.1.Scope1.1Thisguidelistsfibersusedtomanufacturetextileproducts.1.2Specificgroupsoffibersareidentifiedusingtablesofstandardclassification.1.2.1Animalfibersareidentifiedbycommercialname,biologicalname,enduse,andgeographicsource.1.2.2Vegetablefibersareidentifiedbycommercialname,botanicalname,staplelengthordescription,andgeographicsource.1.2.3Mineralfibersareidentifiedbycommercialname,mineralogicalname,chemicaldescription,andgeographicsource.1.2.4Manufacturedfibersareidentifiedbycommercialname,genericname,andmajorcomponent.1.3Majorfibertypesusedfortextilepurposesarefurtherclassified.1.3.1Manufacturedfibersareidentifiedashavingeitheranorganicbaseorinorganicbase.1.3.2Naturalfibersareidentifiedashavingacellulosic,protein,ormineralbase.1.4Aglossaryofgenericnamesanddefinitionsformanu-facturedfibersisincludedasadditionalinformation.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D123TerminologyRelatingtoTextiles2.2ISOStandards:ISO2076:1999(E)Textiles–Man-madeFibers–GenericNames2.3OtherDocuments:CodeofFederalRegulations,Title16,Section303.73.Terminology3.1FordefinitionsoftextiletermsusedintheguideseeTerminologyD123.4.SignificanceandUse4.1Thisguideisintendedforuseasareferencetoimprovetheunderstandingoftherelationshipbetweencommercialname,fiberidentificationandgeographicalregionsoffiberoriginsthatmakeupthecompositionoftextileproducts.4.2Thisguideisintendedtobeusedasasourceofinformationonly.4.2.1Detailedanalysis,toverifyspecificdatarelatedtothecompositionofaparticularfiber,maybenecessary.5.Animal(ProteinBase)Fibers5.1SeeTable1.TABLE1Animal(Protein-Base)FibersC...
