IGNITABILITY OF FIBRICS

I perform some burn tests in order to ascertain( to find out) ignitability of different fabrics and to observe their combustion properties. My observations may contain some flaws. But is purely based on burn tests performed by me.  

CONTENTS

                                                              WOOL

COTTON
DENIM
FUR

LEATHER
SILK
VELVET
LINEN
TISSUE SILK

WHITE GEORGETTE

SILK SATIN
FANCY TISSUE
QURESHIA
CORDUROY
MET VALVET
ZARI BROCADE
KATAN SILK
JAMAWAR
CHIFFON BROSHIA
NET CHICKEN

Wool

First I started with wool I wanted to see the burning effect on wool so according to my experiment, Wool is harder to ignite. The flame is steady but more difficult to keep burning cause wool not catch fire easily. When ignited, it smolders and become extinguished giving odour of burning hairs.

 COTTON

According to my experiment cotton is a readily flammable fiber. Light ash was left as residue which was easily crumbled. Fire extinguishes easily by blowing on it and gives burning leaves odour.

DENIM

I observe denim does catch fire but burns slowly with high flame giving white smoke.

FUR

I was very interested to do the experiment with the fur and was really great to know about the burning effect of real fur. Fur burns gradually giving grey smoke. It curls away from heat and tend to melt. Burning fur gives odour of burning hairs or feathers like that.

LEATHER

Its was really interesting experiment when leather undergoes burn process, it doesn’t burn and melt rapidly . In fact it doesn’t actually burn. And curl up into little black roll and gives flesh burning odour.

 SILK

When silk fabric is ignited, it burns rapidly with a steady flame and smells lie burning hair. Silk fibers ash are easily crumbled and is not easily extinguished. Silk bends to fuse and crinkle from flame.

VELVET

When velvet fabric was burn, it caught fire rapidly with a steady flame and gave grayish smoke and left ashes as residue. The burnt part of fabric became black.

LINEN

According to my experiment linen takes longer to burn and is easily extinguished by blowing emits white smoke from low flame.

 PURE LAWN

As per my experiment, lawn burns slowly with low flame giving less smoke. Lawn leaves greasy effect on place where fabric was ignited.

 TISSUE SILK

According to my experiment, when tissue silk undergoes burn test, It ignites and it metls with a normal flame .It smells like burning tyre and gives less smoke.

WHITE GEORGETTE

When white georgette is put to burn test it catches fire, burns and melt. Its flame emits spark and black smoke.

 SILK SATIN

When silk satin is ignited it burns and emits white smoke. Burnt part becomes threat like fabric . While burn process , it gives burning hairs odour.

FANCY TISSUE

When fancy tissue undergoes burn process, it melts and drops off was really amazing effect, with very less smoke and smells like burning tyre.

 QURESHIA

When qureshia undergoes burn process, it catches fire with high flame emitting white grayish smoke and turns fiber into black color.

CORDUROY

When this fabric undergoes burning process, it emits light grey Smoke and burns slowly. Turns the burnt patch of fabric into black color.

 MAT VELVET

Mat velvet catches fire but impact of burn process is very less. Only fades the fabric color. Burnt part of fabric tears like a paper when blown on fire to extinguishes, gives with smoke.

ZARI BROCADE

When zari brocade fabric undergoes burn process, it catches fire easily and rapidly but burns with low flame but fire spreads quickly emitting black smoke from sparkling flame.

 KATAN SILK

This fabric when ignited catches fire easily and burns with a sparkling flame. Fabric tends to burn like a melting plastic and drips when melts.

JAMAWAR

When jamawar undergoes burn process, catches fire easily and rapidly. Burns with flickering flame giving black smoke. Burning jamawar fabric melts just like plastic.

CHIFFON BROSHIA

When chiffon Broshia undergoes burn test, it catches fire and tends to melt. Burning fabric emits black smoke.

NET CHICKEN

When chicken fabric was put to burn test, it catches fire and its flame emitted spark and dense black smoke. Fabric continued to burn, melt and dripped