RMIT UNIVERSITY PROGRAM : MASTERS OF FASHION AND TEXTILES COURSE : TEXTILE FIBER STRUCTURE AND SURFACE TREATMENTS COTTON : OVERVIEW CELLULOSIC STAPLE FIBER FROM A SEED OF PLANT
CHARACTERISTICS VERSATILE DURABLE INEXPENSIVE COMFORTABLE FIBER PROPERTIES : COTTON RMIT UNIVERSITY 2 Cross section of a mature cotton boll HYGROSCOPIC NATURE | WICKING LINEAR POLYMER : APPROX. 5000 CELLOBIOSE UNITS HYDROXYL GROUP (-OH) METHYLOL GROUP (-CH 2 OH ) HYDROGEN BONDS & VAN DER WAALS FORCES CRYSTALLINITY : 65% -70% | AMORPHOUS : 30% - 35% FIBER PROPERTIES : COTTON RMIT UNIVERSITY 3 VERY ABSORBANT : HYDROPHILIC : WATER LOVING COTTON FIBER PROPERTIES RMIT UNIVERSITY 4 HYGROSCOPIC NATURE | WICKING CONTINUED. VERY ABSORBANT : HYDROPHILIC OH GROUPS IN POLYMER ATTRACT POLAR WATER MOLECULES. WATER ONLY IN AMORPHOUS REGION FIBER PROPERTIES : COTTON RMIT UNIVERSITY 5 COHESION + ADHESION = CAPILLARY ACTION (WICKING) HYGROSCOPIC NATURE | WICKING CONTINUED. WATER MOLECULE POLARITY : ONE END POSITIVELY CHARGED & OTHER END NEGATIVELY CHARGED ADHESION : WATER ATTRACTION ON FIBER SURFACE COHESION : INTERMOLECULAR ATTRACTION BETWEEN WATER MOLECULES
COMBINATION OF THE COHESION BETWEEN WATER MOLECULES AND WATERS ADHESION TO THE CHARGED FIBER EXPERIMENT COTTON FIBER PROPERTIES RMIT UNIVERSITY 6 HYGROSCOPIC NATURE | WICKING CONTINUED. STANDARD TESTING AATCC AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEXTILE CHEMIST AND COLORIST AATCC 197-2013 : VERTICAL WICKING OF TEXTILES : HORIZONTAL WICKING OF TEXTILES
COTTON FIBER PROPERTIES RMIT UNIVERSITY 7 HYGROSCOPIC NATURE CONTINUED HYGROSCOPIC NATURE CONTINUED DISSIPATES STATIC ELECTRICITY ALLOWS EXCELLENT DYEABILITY - AZOIC DYES - DIRECT DYES - REACTIVE DYES - SULPHUR DYES - VAT DYES FIBER PROPERTIES : COTTON RMIT UNIVERSITY 8 MODULUS : STIFFNESS CONTINUED ASSOCIATED WITH MODULUS OF ELASTICITY ELASTIC MODULUS OR TENSILE MODULUS RATIO OF THE UNIAXIAL STRESS OVER THE UNIAXIAL STRAIN SLOPE OF A STRESS-STRAIN CURVE CREATED DURING TENSILE
FIBER PROPERTIES : COTTON RMIT UNIVERSITY 9 MODULUS : STIFFNESS CONTINUED Slenderness Ratio : COMPRESSION, RUBBING, STRETCHING High Modulus = HIGH STIFFNESS = Low Slenderness HAIRINESS, IRREGULARITY AND IMPROPER BINDING INTO YARNS Low Modulus = LOW STIFFNESS = High Slenderness FORMS NEPS, DEFLECTIION DURING PROCESSING
FIBER PROPERTIES : COTTON RMIT UNIVERSITY 10 FIBER PROPERTIES : COTTON RMIT UNIVERSITY 11 MODULUS : STIFFNESS CONTINUED IMPORTANCE AFFECTS FIBER TO YARN PROCESSING AFFECTS FABRIC PROPERTIES ; FLEXIBILITY DRAPE HANDLE CREASE RESISTANCE WEAR
FIBER PROPERTIES : COTTON RMIT UNIVERSITY 12 MODULUS : STIFFNESS CONTINUED FIBER TESTING STRESS STRAIN CURVE MEASURING SLENDERNESS RATIO FABRIC TESTING AUSTRALIAN STANDARD : AS 2001.2.9 APPARATUS : FLEXOMETER
FIBER PROPERTIES : COTTON RMIT UNIVERSITY 13 MODULUS : STIFFNESS CONTINUED FIBER PROPERTIES : COTTON RMIT UNIVERSITY 14 STIFFNESS COMPARISON WITH OTHER FABRICS MODULUS : STIFFNESS CONTINUED
HYGROSCOPIC NATURE | WICKING : HIGH MODULUS | STIFFNESS : MODERATELY HIGH
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