prEN ISO 4484-4
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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2. Projektas
3. Viešoji apklausa
From 2026-06-26
till 2026-08-25
4. Closure of enquiry
5. Submission to Formal Vote
Organisation
CEN Europos standartizacijos komitetasICS
13.020.40 - Pollution, pollution control and conservationTechnical Committee
TK 21 Textiles and personal protective equipmentForeignTC'S
CEN/TC 248Number of comments
0Comment start date
2026-06-26Scope
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)