BURNING TEST

FIBERS WHEN WHEN APPROCHING IN FLAME FLAME SILK

Curls away from Silk burn the flame. slowly.

AFTER ASH OR REMOVAL RESIDUE FROM FLAME

Grey ash. Crushable, dark, irregular, soft beads. No sign of flame, smoke has no fume hazards.

SMELL

JUTE Does not shrink Burn

from flame.

quickly with bright flame.

Dark grey ash.

Burning hair or meat like smell. Burning leaves or wool like smell.

RAYON Ignites

May glow a bit longer than cotton and continues to burn. ACRYLIC Flame up at Burns rapidly Continues to match with hot burn and melt. touch melts sputtering and pulls flame drip away from dangerously. the flame.

Burns with easily, may little grey flame up. smoke.

Soft Grey Ash.

Burning Paper.

Hard, dark irregular shape and brittle.

Smells like chemical (strong acid, fishy smell).

WOOL

Curls away from the flame, may have to relight. It ignites easily, does not shrink from flame.

COTTON

Wool fabric burn slowly with dark smoke and moderate fume. Burns with little grey smoke. Usually with a sputtering flame.

It gets extinguish.

Crushable dark black ash.

Burning hair like smell (stronger than silk).

Continues to burn. Have an afterglow.

Grey, feathery, smoky ash.

Burning paper like smell.

POLYSTER

NYLON

Melts and pulls away from the flame. Melts and pull away from the flame.

Polyester melts and burn slowly.

It get extinguish smoke and fuem are hazardous. Melts and Drip burn quickly. dangerously and rime is very hazardous.

Hard, dark, Sweet round beads. chemical smell. Hard, grey, or Smells like tan beads chemical and (uncrushable) acids.

ACETATE

Melts and pull away from the flame.

Melts and burn quickly drips dangerously.

Continued to burn & melt away flame up After removal from flame, smoke & fume is very hazardous

Melts into hard, brittle, black beads.

Harsh acid sharp smell. It smells like pepper or hot vinegar.