Sunday, February 17, 2013

BRIEF INTRODUCTION WITH COMMON NATURAL FIBERS

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Cotton: Cotton, the purest form of cellulose found in the nature is the seed hair of the plants of the genus Gossypium.It is classified as natural, cellulosic, mono-cellular, staple fiber. Cotton has been cultivated for more than 5000 years.<Read More>
Wool : Wool is the fiber from the fleece of sheep . It is a natural, protein, multi-cellular, Staple fiber. Early wool was a very coarse fiber. Its development into the soft fleecy coat so familiar today is the result of long and continued selective breeding. The breeding of animals and the production of the wool fiber into fabric are more costly process than the cultivation of plat fiber 9e.g. cotton, linen) and their manufacture. But wool provides warmth and physical comfort that cotton and linen fabrics cannot give. <Read More>
Silk : Silk is a continuous strand of two filaments cemented together forming the cocoon of silk worm Bombay mori. The silk worm forms silk by forcing two fine streams of thick liquid out of tiny openings in its head . On account of air streams of liquid harden into filaments of thick liquid out of tiny opening in its head. On account of air streams of liquid harden into filaments. <Read More>
Flax: Flax comes from the stem of the flax plat of the species Lignum usitatissimum. It is classified as a natural cellulose, bast multi-cellular fiber. When the fiber is processed into fabric it is called Linen.Flax was probably the first plat fiber to be used by man for making textiles. <Read More>
Jute: Jute is the common name given to fiber extracted from the stems of plants belonging to the Genus Co chorus. It is yellowish brown in color which is classified as natural bast and long staple fiber. People all over the world have used jute for most of their packaging requirements. <Read More>

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