# 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 and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Division V: Table of typical ternary fibre mixtures which may be analysed using ... methods of analysis of binary fibre mixtures (for illustration purposes)

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Mixture No
Component fibres
Variant
Number of method used and reagent for binary fibre mixtures
Component 1
Component 2
Component 3
1.
wool or hair
viscose, cupro or certain types of modal
cotton
1 and/or 4
2. (hypochlorite) and 3. (zinc chloride/formic acid)
2.
wool or hair
polyamide or nylon
cotton, viscose, cupro or modal
1 and/or 4
2. (hypochlorite) and 4. (formic acid, 80 % m/m)
3.
wool, hair or silk
certain other fibres
viscose, cupro modal or cotton
1 and/or 4
2. (hypochlorite) and 9. (carbon disulphide/acetone 55,5/44,5 % v/v)
4.
wool or hair
polyamide or nylon
polyester, polypropylene, acrylic or glass fibre
1 and/or 4
2. (hypochlorite) and 4. (formic acid, 80 % m/m)
5.
wool, hair or silk
certain other fibres
polyester, acrylic, polyamide or nylon or glass fibre
1 and/or 4
2. (hypochlorite) and 9. (carbon disulphide/acetone 55,5/44,5 % v/v)
6.
silk
wool or hair
polyester
2
11. (sulphuric acid 75 % m/m) and 2. (hypochlorite)
7.
polyamide or nylon
acrylic or certain other fibres
cotton, viscose, cupro or modal
1 and/or 4
4. (formic acid 80 % m/m) and 8. (dimethylformamide)
8.
certain chlorofibres
polyamide or nylon
cotton, viscose, cupro or modal
1 and/or 4
8. (dimethylformamide) and 4. (formic acid, 80 % m/m) or 9. (carbon disulphide/acetone, 55,5/44,5 % v/v) and 4. (formic acid, 80 % m/m)
9.
acrylic
polyamide or nylon
polyester
1 and/or 4
8. (dimethylformamide) and 4. (formic acid, 80 % m/m)
10.
acetate
polyamide or nylon or certain other fibres
viscose, cotton, cupro or modal
4
1. (acetone) and 4. (formic acid, 80 % m/m)
11.
certain chlorofibres
acrylic or certain other fibres
polyamide or nylon
2 and/or 4
9. (carbon disulphide/acetone 55,5/44,5 % v/v) and 8. (dimethylformamide)
12.
certain chlorofibres
polyamide or nylon
acrylic
1 and/or 4
9. (carbon disulphide/acetone 55,5/44,5 % v/v) and 4. (formic acid, 80 %m/m)
13.
polyamide or nylon
viscose, cupro, modal or cotton
polyester
4
4. (formic acid, 80 % m/m) and 7. (sulphuric acid, 75 % m/m)
14.
acetate
viscose, cupro, modal or cotton
polyester
4
1. (acetone) and 7 (sulphuric acid, 75 % m/m)
15.
acrylic
viscose, cupro, modal or cotton
polyester
4
8. (dimethylformamide) and 7. (sulphuric acid, 75 % m/m)
16.
acetate
wool, hair or silk
cotton, viscose, cupro, modal, polyamide or nylon, polyester, acrylic
4
1. (acetone) and 2. (hypochlorite)
17.
triacetate
wool, hair or silk
cotton, viscose, cupro, modal, polyamide or nylon, polyester, acrylic
4
6. (dichloromethane) and 2. (hypochlorite)
18.
acrylic
wool, hair or silk
polyester
1 and/or 4
8. (dimethylformamide) and 2. (hypochlorite)
19.
acrylic
silk
wool or hair
4
8. (dimethylformamide) and 11. (sulphuric acid 75 % m/m)
20.
acrylic
wool or hair silk
cotton, viscose, cupro or modal
1 and/or 4
8. (dimethylformamide) and 2. (hypochlorite)
21.
wool, hair or silk
cotton, viscose, modal, cupro
polyester
4
2. (hypochlorite) and 7. (sulphuric acid 75 % m/m)
22.
viscose, cupro or certain types of modal
cotton
polyester
2 and/or 4
3. (zinc chloride/formic acid) and 7. (sulphuric acid 75 % m/m)
23.
acrylic
viscose, cupro or certain types of modal
cotton
4
8. (dimethylformamide) and 3 (zinc chloride/formic acid)
24.
certain chlorofibres
viscose, cupro or certain types of modal
cotton
1 and/or 4
9. (carbon disulphide/acetone, 55,5/44,5 % v/v) and 3. (zinc chloride/formic acid) or 8. (dimethylformamide) and 3. (zinc chloride/formic acid)
25.
acetate
viscose, cupro or certain types of modal
cotton
4
1. (acetone) and 3. (zinc chloride/formic acid)
26.
triacetate
viscose, cupro or certain types of modal
cotton
4
6. (dichloromethane) and 3. (zinc chloride/formic acid)
27.
acetate
silk
wool or hair
4
1. (acetone) and 11. (sulphuric acid 75 % m/m)
28.
triacetate
silk
wool or hair
4
6. (dichloromethane) and 11. (sulphuric acid 75 % m/m)
29.
acetate
acrylic
cotton, viscose, cupro or modal
4
1. (acetone) and 8. (dimethylformamide)
30.
triacetate
acrylic
cotton, viscose, cupro or modal
4
6. (dichloromethane) and 8. (dimethylformamide)
31.
triacetate
polyamide or nylon
cotton, viscose, cupro or modal
4
6. (dichloromethane) and 4. (formic acid 80 % m/m)
32.
triacetate
cotton, viscose, cupro or modal
polyester
4
6. (dichloromethane) and 7. (sulphuric acid 75 % m/m)
33.
acetate
polyamide or nylon
polyester or acrylic
4
1. (acetone) and 4. (formic acid 80 % m/m)
34.
acetate
acrylic
polyester
4
1. (acetone) and 8. (dimethylformamide)
35.
certain chlorofibres
cotton, viscose, cupro or modal
polyester
4
8. (dimethylformamide) and 7. (sulphuric acid 75 % m/m) or 9 (carbon disulphide/acetone, 55,5/44,5 % v/v) and 7. (sulphuric acid 75 % m/m)
36.
cotton
polyester
elastolefin
2 and/or 4
7. (sulphuric acid 75 % m/m) and 14. (concentrated sulphuric acid)
37.
certain modacrylics
polyester
melamine
2 and/or 4
8. (dimethylformamide) and 14. (concentrated sulphuric acid)

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/1007/annex/VIII/chapter/3/division/1/division/V (the official version)
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