BS EN ISO 2076:2013

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Terms and definitions
3 General
4 Generic names
5 Designation of the bicomponent fibres
Annex A (informative) - Rules related to the creation of
        a generic name
Annex B (informative) - Fibres made of several components
Annex C (informative) - Modified fibres
Annex D (informative) - Index of generic names in English
        and in French
Annex E (informative) - Index of codes in alphabetical order
        with English and French equivalents
Annex F (informative) - Regional and national requirements
        related to generic names
Bibliography

Specifies 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.

This International Standard lists 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”, sometimes also called manufactured fibres, has been adopted for those fibres obtained by a manufacturing process, as distinct from materials which occur naturally in fibrous form.

This International Standard presents recommendations of rules for the creation of the generic name (AnnexA).

NOTE These rules have been introduced in this sixth edition of ISO2076, and thus, they could not be applied to the existing generic names of the previous editions.

Annexes include the description of the fibre structures in case of fibre made of several components (AnnexB) and the description of modified fibres (AnnexC).