This document specifies a thermal method and a gravimetric method for a quantitative determination of the certain synthetic materials (polyester, polyamide, acrylic, elastane, polypropylene and polyethylene) released from fabrics under washing test conditions.
This method is applicable to synthetic fabric and synthetic/natural blended fabric
- Synthetic/cellulosic fabrics (e.g. PET/Cotton, Nylon/Cotton, Acrylic/Cotton)
- Synthetic/protein fabrics (e.g. PET/Wool, Nylon/Wool, Acrylic/Wool)
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ISO/DIS 4484-4
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Textiles and textile products - Microplastics from textile sources - Part 4: Quantitative thermal or gravimetric analysis of certain synthetic materials released from fabrics during washing (ISO/DIS 4484-4:2026)
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