prEN ISO 2076
(Main)Textiles - Man-made fibres - Generic names (ISO/DIS 2076:2025)
Textiles - Man-made fibres - Generic names (ISO/DIS 2076:2025)
This document defines the generic names used to designate the different categories of man-made fibres, based on a main polymer, currently manufactured on an industrial scale for textile and other purposes, together with the distinguishing attributes that characterize them. The term “man-made fibres” has been adopted for those fibres obtained by a manufacturing process, as distinct from materials which occur naturally in fibrous form.
This document gives recommendations of rules for the creation of the generic name (see Annex A).
NOTE These rules have been introduced in the sixth edition of ISO 2076, and thus, they are not applicable to the existing generic names of the previous editions.
Textilien - Chemiefasern - Gattungsnamen (ISO/DIS 2076:2025)
Textiles - Fibres chimiques - Noms génériques (ISO/DIS 2076:2025)
Le présent document définit des noms génériques utilisés pour désigner les différentes catégories de fibres chimiques, basées sur un polymère principal, fabriquées actuellement à l’échelle industrielle, à usage textile et autres, et indique les caractères distinctifs permettant de les différencier. Le terme «fibres chimiques» a été adopté pour désigner les fibres obtenues par un processus de fabrication et pour les distinguer des matériaux qui apparaissent naturellement sous forme fibreuse.
Le présent document donne les règles recommandées pour la création du nom générique (voir l’Annexe A).
NOTE Ces règles ont été introduites dans la sixième édition de l’ISO 2076 et elles ne sont, par conséquent, pas applicables aux noms génériques existants figurant dans les éditions précédentes.
Tekstilije - Kemična vlakna - Rodovna imena (ISO/DIS 2076:2025)
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Tekstilije - Kemična vlakna - Rodovna imena (ISO/DIS 2076:2025)
Textiles - Man-made fibres - Generic names (ISO/DIS 2076:2025)
Textilien - Chemiefasern - Gattungsnamen (ISO/DIS 2076:2025)
Textiles - Fibres chimiques - Noms génériques (ISO/DIS 2076:2025)
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01.040.59 Tekstilna in usnjarska Textile and leather
tehnologija (Slovarji) technology (Vocabularies)
59.060.20 Umetna vlakna Man-made fibres
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 General . 16
4.1 Generic name . . .16
4.2 Abbreviated terms .16
4.3 Distinguishing attributes in definition .17
4.4 Chemical formulae .17
4.5 Other denominations .17
5 Designation of the bicomponent fibres . 17
Annex A (informative) Rules related to the creation of a generic name .18
Annex B (informative) Fibres made of several components .20
Annex C (informative) Modified fibres .22
Annex D (informative) Index of generic names and specific names in English and in French .23
Annex E (informative) Index of abbreviated terms in alphabetical order with English and
French equivalents .25
Annex F (informative) Regional and national requirements related to generic names .27
Bibliography .30
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Foreword
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Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 38, Textiles, in collaboration with the European
Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 248, Textiles and textile products, in
accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).
This eight edition cancels and replaces the seventh edition (ISO 2076:2021), which has been technically
revised. The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:
— this document has been restructured in order to get the fibre names and their definition from the former
Table 1 to Clause 3;
— in Clause 3 (former Table 1), fibre (3.1) and man-made fibre (3.2) have been added as general terms,
former generic names of man-made cellulose fibre have been changed to specific names – viscose (3.3.2),
modal (3.3.3), cupro(3.3.6), lyocell (3.3.4)- gathered as cellulose (3.3), specific names of fibricell (3.3.1)
and cellaline (3.3.5) have been added within cellulose (3.3), specific names of para-aramid (3.8.1), meta-
aramid (3.8.2), copolymer para-aramid (3.8.3), polyaramidimid (3.8.4) have been added within aramid
(3.8), specific names of polyvinyl chloride (3.9.1), polyvinylidene chloride (3.9.2) have been added within
chlorofibre (3.9), specific names of polyamide 6 (3.14.1), polyamide 6-6 (3.14.2), polyamide 6.10 (3.14.3),
polyamide 11 (3.14.4), polyamide 12 (3.14.5), polyamide 5.6 (3.14.6), polyamide 5.10 (3.14.7) have been
added within polyamide (3.14), specific names of polyethylene terephthalate (3.15.1), polytrimethylene
terephthalate (3.15.2), polybuthylene terephthalate (3.15.3) have been added within polyester (3.15),
specific names of polyethylene (3.16.1), polypropylene (3.16.2), elastolefin (3.16.3) have been added
within polyolefin (3.16), specific names of levo-polylactide (3.22.1), dextro/levo-polylactide (3.22.2)
have been added within polylactide (3.22) the definition of polyarylate (3.34) has been modified,
vinylon (3.19), polyhydroxyalkanoate (3.35) and polyether ester (3.36) have been added as well as their
respective definition have been added, elastomutltiester (3.38) has been classified within the names of
bicomponent;
— in Table F.4, polyarylate (JP denomination) has been deleted.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.
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Introduction
The objective of this document is to propose a generic name of fibre (a generic name is unique by nature)
within the framework of the ISO standardization for the textile products. It has been elaborated in order to
present a compilation of generic names and the rules to create a new generic name for new fibres.
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It is intended to be the reference for the ISO 1833 series and the Technical Report ISO/TR 11827 .
It can be used as a reference within the framework of the globalization since compilation of the generic
names of man-made fibres is important for the global distribution of textile products due to national
regulations for the declaration of fibre content and care labelling. It can be an answer to a universal need for
the standardization of generic names that would foster easy movement of textiles across borders to facilitate
trade, for example, for companies which might have plants in multiple countries and have innovations and
business activities covering research and development in fibre-producing.
This document can be helpful for the coordination of national or regional authorities (for examples, FTC in
the USA, European Commission in European Union, etc.) within the framework of regulations. Annex F links
the generic names to the specific requirements regarding some national or regional regulations.
For example, products destined for the European market are labelled in accordance with the regulation
identified as Regulation (EU) No. 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September
2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products.
Regulation 1007/2011 repeals Council Directive 73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/
EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and includes some different and/or additional fibre
denominations other than the present generic names (see F.3 and Table F.2).
The terms and definitions in this document are organized into principal elements:
— terms: generic name of the fibre (as 3.x), or, when relevant, specific names of the concerned fibre (as
3.x.y), with abbreviated terms (when existing);
— definitions: distinguishing attributes of the concerned fibre;
— in notes to entry, example of chemical formulae, other denominations (related to certain national or
regional legislations).
In some chemical formulae, k, m, n or p are used to express the repetition of the monomer or oligomer unit
and R for radical group.
The entries of Table D.1 in Annex D are an index of ge
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