Vol. 1199 | 12 Nov 2020

The Standardization Administration of the People’s Republic of China recently released announcement No.22 of 2020, which included an update that GB/T 4146-2020 “Textiles—Man-made fibers—Part 1: Generic names” has replaced the 2009 version. It will be effective on May 1, 2021.

The new version includes many updates to the old version, with the key technical differences as follows:

  1. Added terms and definitions of “man-made fibre/ chemical fibre”.
    Man-made fibre/ chemical fibre: Fibres which are made by man, except natural fibres.
  2. Added generic name, symbol, main characteristic and chemical formula to 12 kinds of chemical fibres, including:
    Modacrylic, chitosan, melamine, protein, trivinyl, polybenzimidazol, elastomultiester, polyamidoester, silicon carbide, polyhydroxy, polycarbamide and polyarylate.
  3. Polyvinyl alcohol fibres are divided into acetal and non-acetal types, specified vinylon is short for polyvinyl alcohol fibre.
  4. Added the name of bicomponent composite fibre, such as:
    聚酯/聚酯复合纤维:Polyester/polyester bicomponent
    聚乙烯/聚丙烯复合纤维:Polyethylene/polypropylene bicomponent
    聚丙烯/聚酰胺复合纤维:Polypropylene/polyamide bicomponent
    聚酯/聚酰胺复合纤维:Polyester/polyamide bicomponent
    聚乙烯/聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯复合纤维:Polyethylene/polyester bicomponent
  5. Added 4 informative annexes, including:
    • Annex A: Suggested rules for establishing generic names
    • Annex B: Composite fibre
    • Annex C: Modified fibre
    • Annex F: Requirements for generic names in related region and state

The generic names for chemical fibres in the new standard are shown in the following table:

Chinese name

English name

Chinese name

English name

Chinese name

English name

铜氨纤维

cupro

聚酰胺纤维

polyamide

聚脲纤维

polycarbamide

莱赛尔纤维

lyocell

聚酯纤维

Polyester

三乙烯基纤维

trivinyl

莫代尔纤维

modal

聚乙烯纤维

polyethylene

聚苯并咪唑纤维

polybenzimi-dazol

粘胶纤维

viscose

聚酰亚胺纤维

polyimide

聚酯复合弹性纤维

elastomultiester

醋酯纤维

acetate

聚丙烯纤维

polypropylene

陶瓷纤维

ceramic fibre

三醋酯纤维

triacetate

玻璃纤维

glass fibre

甲壳素纤维

chitin

海藻纤维

alginate

聚乙烯醇纤维

vinylal

壳聚糖纤维

chitosan

聚丙烯腈纤维

acrylic

碳纤维

carbon fibre

超高分子量聚乙烯纤维

ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene

芳香族聚酰胺纤维

aramid

金属纤维

metal fibre

聚酰胺酯纤维

polyamidoester

含氯纤维

chlorofibre

聚乳酸纤维

polylactide

碳化硅纤维

silicon carbide

聚氨酯弹性纤维

elastane

聚烯烃弹性纤维

elastolefin

聚羟基脂肪酸酯纤维

polyhydroxy

二烯类弹性纤维

elastodiene

三聚氰胺纤维

melamine

聚芳酯纤维

polyarylate

聚四氟乙烯纤维

fluorofibre

聚苯硫醚纤维

polyphenylene sulphide

金属镀膜纤维

metallized fibres

改性聚丙烯腈纤维

modacrylic

再生蛋白质纤维

protein

 

 

For additional information please contact:

Shanghai
Ms. Mariana Yang
Tel: +86 21 5339 7527
mariana.yang@intertek.com

Guangzhou
Ms. Liu Hui Li
Tel: +86 20 2820 9274
huili.liu@intertek.com

Tianjin
Ms. Linda Zhang
Tel: +86 22 2385 7393
linda.zhang@intertek.com

 

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