Elastane
A fibre composed of at least 85 percent by mass of segmented polyurethane that, when stretched to three times its original length, rapidly reverts substantially to that length on release.
Also called Spandex.
How it connects
Elastane is a kind of Polyurethane.
Other kinds of Polyurethane: TPU.
In other taxonomies
- elastaneEU 1007/2011, elastanethe same thing
- spandexFTC 16 CFR 303, spandexthe same thing
- elastaneISO 2076, elastanethe same thing
- spandexWikidata, Q330262nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Elastane
2 terms, Elastane to TPU
Record
- Also called
- Spandex
- Seen in the wild
- Elastan · Elasthane
- Broader
- Polyurethane
- Provenance
- standardcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 Annex I row 43; US FTC 16 CFR 303.7; ISO 2076:2021, read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/elastaneKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderPolyurethaneoutgoing
- narrowerPolyurethaneincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Polyurethaneoutgoing
- ancestor (derived)Polymeroutgoing
- sibling (derived)TPUoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU 1007/2011 | elastane | elastane | the same thing |
| FTC 16 CFR 303 | spandex | spandex | the same thing |
| ISO 2076 | elastane | elastane | the same thing |
| Wikidata | Q330262 | spandex | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026Elastane | Spandex | elastane via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/download | none |