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:
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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