ISO/TR TECHNICAL REPORT 11827 First edition 2012-06-01 Textiles Composition testing Identification of fibres Textiles Essai de composition Identification des fibres Reference number ISO/TR 11827:2012(E) @ ISO 2012 ISO/TR 11827:2012(E) COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT @ISO2012 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 . CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.org Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO 2012 - All riahts reserved ISO/TR11827:2012(E) Contents Page Foreword Introduction. 1 Scope. 2 Safety note, 3 Normative references 4 Terms and definitions .. 5 Principle.. 6 Apparatus and preparation of solutions 6.1 Apparatus.... 6.2 Preparation of solutions. Technique 7.1 Microscopy 7.2 Flametests 7.3 Staining Tests 7.4 Solubility Tests .... 7.5 Infrared Spectroscopy 7.6 Thermal Analysis.. 12 7.7 Densitymeasurementmethods 14 7.8 OtherInstrumentalMethods.. 14 8 Examples of procedures... 8.1 15 8.2 Procedure using solubility tests (examples)... 17 8.3 Procedure using combustion tests and melting point determination (example)...... 8.4 Procedure using microscopy, FT-IR analysis and thermal analysis, case of bicomponent fibres (examples)... 19 Annex A (informative) Characteristics relative to fibre identification testing ... Annex B (informative) Photomicrographs of Fibres (Light Microscopy) .29 Annex C (informative) Scanning Electron Micrographs of Fibres ... ...34 Annex D (informative) Solubility of fibres . ..42 Annex E (informative) Examples of Infrared Spectra .. ...45 Annex F (informative) Thermal transition temperature. .50 Annex G (informative) Density.. ...54 Annex H (informative) Alphabetical index of figures. ..55 Bibliography.... ...58 ahtsreserved ili