How do you use burning method to recognize fabric content?

Answer 1

During burning different fabric, it will cause different conditions, burning method is quite simple and easy-doing method for recognize fabric content, below is the several normal fabric specific condition when using burning method to recognize.

Cotton: easy flaming, firing quickly, have the smell of burning paper, showing thin and soft flocculent in dark and grey stuff after burning.

Linen: burning character is similar with cotton, have the smell of burning paper, showing thin and soft flocculent in dark and grey stuff after burning.

Fur: slowly burning after fire, have the burning smell of hair, showing black carbon stuff after burning, easy breaking.

Polyester(Dacron):easy-melting after burning, still continuing burning off the fire, with dense smoke, but melting stuff is not drop off, have fragrance, become hard, dark and round shape after burning.

Acrylic(compound wool): melting and burning , having biting smell, burning stuff showing small dark hard ball shape.

Chinlon(Nylon): fire close to melting, then self-extinguish, having celery smell, showing light tan dark lump after burning.