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Fibre Fineness
Fibre Fineness
Fibre fineness:
It should be pointed out here that most of the fineness determinations are
likely to be affected by fibre maturity, which is another important
characteristic of cotton fibres.
Influences:
Spinning limit
Yarn strength
Yarn evenness
Yarn fullness
Drape of the fabric product
Lustre
Handle
Productivity of the process.
Important:
3. Reflection of Light
The amount of dye absorbed depends upon the amount of surface area accessible
for dye out of a given volume of fibers. Thus a finer fiber leads to quicker
exhaustion of dyes than coarser fibres.
A finer fiber leads to more fibre cohesion because the numbers of surfaces are
more so cohesion due to friction is higher.
Also finer fibers lead to less amount of twist because of the same increased force
of friction.
This means yarns can be spun finer with the same amount of twist as compared to
coarser fibers,
Principle:
In this method, fiber fineness is measured by air flow. If large amount of air is blown,
the fiber will be coarse and if small amount of air is blown, the fiber will be fine. The
method based on this principle.
This is an indirect method of measuring fibre fineness which is based on the fact that the
airflow at a given pressure difference through a uniformly distributed mass of fibres is
determined by the total surface area of the fibres .
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FIBRE MATURITY
Definition of Fiber Maturity
Fibre maturity (in case of Cotton Fiber) is a fibre characteristic which expresses the
relative degree of thickening of the fibre wall. In other words, it is the measure of
primary and secondary wall thickness.
The fibre maturity is usually estimated by several indirect tests which are foten used to
find out the proportion of fibres containing a maturity greater than some selected level.
A fiber will be matured if a high degree of wall thickening took place into the fiber
content during cotton growth.
There are several factors upon which the fibre maturity is basically depends. By
changing theses factors you can also measure that which factors is working behind to be
a fibre matured or whichnot.The factors are –
1. Weather: If the weather doesn’t favor, the fiber gets less chance to be matured.
2. Types of Soil: It is proved that, in some country the fibers grows well and becomes
well matured and on some other country; due to the soil, fibers don’t be so much
matured and grows low quality fibres.
3. Plant Diseases: If proper care is not taken to the fibres, these become less matured
due to several diseases.
4. Pests: Some pests is good for Plants and some are bad. So be careful to apply any
pesticides on any plants.
5. Dead Fibers: It is natural that the dead fibers will be immature.
I hope you have got a basic idea about Fiber Maturity and you have also learned that
what are the factors works behind to make a fiber immature.
Is there anything I have missed to mention? Please add these in the comment box if you
know something more about Textile Fibre Immaturity.
Normal fibre:matured fibres with a well developed cell wall and after swelling it appear
red like from raw state and it also show no continuous liner in longitudinal section of
matured fiber.
Dead fibre: Dead fibre are those that after swelling it has a continuous lumer and the
wall thickness is a fifth or less than robbin with.
Thin walled fibre: This walled fibre are those that are not classed as normal or dead
being of intermediate appearance and thickening.
Object:
Working principle: To find out the mature or normal fibre half mature or thin fibre and
immature or dead fibre by uaing causting sata treatment.
Apparatus:
1. Slide
2. Microscope
3. combsorter
4. cotton fibre
Working procedure:
It is most commonly used method. A thin tuft of fibre is drawn by means of tweezer
from a sliver help in a comb sorter. The tuft is laid on a mleroscope and a cover slip put
over the middle of the tuft. Like wise tour or eight slides are prepaned.
The fibre on the microscope slide are then saturated with small amount of 18% coustic
soda solution which is swelling them.The slide is then placed on stage of microscope
and examined.