Textile Abbreviations:
Fabric Name Acetate (Triacetate) Acrylic Alpaca Angora Bamboo Beaver Camel Cashgora Cashmere/Kashmir Ceramic Coir Cotton Cullulose Acetate Abbreviation Type of Fiber AC PC WP WA WK WC WS CO AC Man made Artificial fibers Man made Synthetic fibers Fine animal hair Fine animal hair Vegetable Fiber Fine animal hair Fine animal hair Fine animal hair Mineral Vegetable Fiber Vegetable Fiber Man Made Artificial fibers Man Made Artificial fibers Other fibers Man made Synthetic fibers Man made Synthetic fiber Other fibers Man made Synthetic fibers Man made Synthetic fibers Mineral Mineral Source Cotton linters or wood Acylonitrile Alumina, silica Coconut husk (cellulose) Cotton Ball (cellulose) Silica sand, limestone, other mineral Carbon Cuprammomium Rayon CU Cupro Cupro Dralon Acrylic CU CU DR Dupont (polypropline) FB Elastene Elastomero Fleece Glass Graphite EA EA Hare/Rabbit Hemp Liama Linen Flax Kashmir Linen Lycra Lyocell Jute Kapok Metal Metalised Polyester Modacrilic LI KS LI LY CLY PLME MA Fine animal hair Vegetable Fiber Fine animal hair Vegetable Fiber Flax fibers Man Made Artificial fibers Other fibers Vegetable Fiber Vegetable Fiber Aluminum, silver, gold, steel Man made Synthetic fibers Man made Synthetic fibers Man made Artificial fibers Rayon Fine animal hair Other fibers Fine animal hair Man made Synthetic fibers Vegetable Fiber Man made Synthetic fibers Man made Synthetic fibers Man made Synthetic fibers Man made Hemp or abaco stalk (cellulose) Flax Stalk (cellulose) Jute Stalk (cellulose) Kapok tree (cellulose) Modal Mohair Mokacrillic Nutrina (Muskrat) Nylon Other Fibers Pina Polyam Polyacryl Polyamide/Nylon Polyester Polypropilene MD CMD WM MA AF PA PC PA PL PES PP Aliphatic Polyamide Pineapple leaf (cellulose) Dinydric alcohol and terprithalic Synthetic fibers Polyethylene Polyurethane Ramie Rayon Rubber/Latex Satin (acetate/rayon) Silk Sisal Spandex Tencel Triacetate (Acetate) no longer produced in the US Virgin Wool Viscose Rayon Wool Yak
PU RA RY SE Man made Synthetic fibers Synthetic fiber Vegatable fiber Man made Artificial fibers Rubber fibers Man made Artificial fibers animal Vegatable fiber Man made Synthetic fibers Man made Artificial fibers Man made Artificial fibers animal Man made Artificial fibers animal Fine animal hair Rhea or China grass (cellulose) Cotton linters or wood Natural or synthetic rubber Solkworms (protein) Agave leaf (cellulose) Polyurethane (At least 85%) AC WV VI WO Cotton linters or wood Cotton linters or wood Sheep (protein)
