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Cotton Does not Burns Continues Smell of Light,

shrink quickly burning burning fluffy, grey
away, with an paper in color,
ignites on after glow easy to
contact crush

Rayon Does not Burns Continues Smell of Light

shrink away quickly burning burning feathery
with an paper residue in
after glow very small
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`iber Approaching In the Away from Odor Residue

`lame flame `lame

Silk Curls away Burns Self Smell of Black bead

from the slowly and extinguish-- burning
extinguish like
flame splutters ing hair residue;
crisp &
crushable
Wool Curls away Burns Self Smell of Brittle
from the slowly extinguish-- burning
extinguish small bead
flame ing hair like
residue,
crisp and
crushable
   
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`iber Approachin In the Away from Odor Residue

g `lame flame `lame
Polyester `uses, Burns Self Smell of Hard,
melts and slowly and extinguishin chemicals tough
shrinks melts g black/brow
away from n bead
flame
Acrylic `uses, Burns Continues to Acidic Hard black
melts and rapidly and burn & melt. odor regular
shrinks sputters Hot molten bead,
away from drops fall crushable
flame while
burning
Nylon `uses, Burns Self Synthetic Hard,
melts and slowly and extinguishin odor tough
shrinks melts g black/brow
away from n bead
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. Take the fiber and dip it in The fiber chars Cellulosic fiber,
30--50% Sulphuric acid and
30 and dissolves. could be cotton
heat or rayon

2. Take the fiber and dip it in `iber dissolves Rayon confirmed

60% sulphuric acid solution in
a test tube and leave it for 5-
5- `iber does not Cotton confirmed

0 minutes at room dissolve (may
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. Boil the fiber in 5% solution `iber dissolves Could be silk or

of Sodium hydroxide wool

2. Cool the above solution and White/No ppt. Silk Confirmed

add lead acetate
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. Add the fiber in 85% solution `iber dissolves Nylon confirmed
of `ormic acid at room
temperature

2. Add the fiber in DM` (dimethyl `iber dissolves Acrylic confirmed

formaldehyde) solution. Heat
slightly

3. Add the fiber to meta

meta--cresol `iber dissolves on Polyester
solution. Heat strong heating confirmed

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