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Burn Test Start

Holding the fibre in a pair of tweezers, pass it through a flame.

Watch and smell as it burns and what the ash looks like.

Follow the button sequence to find out what fibre it is.

Burns but goes out (self extinguishing)
Burns, then continues to burn (NOT self extinguishing)
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