A Guide to Textile and Clothing
A Guide to Textile and Clothing
Textile fibres are the raw materials used to make yarns and fabrics. These fabrics then become the clothes we wear every day. Whether it’s breathable cotton for summer or warm wool for winter, understanding fibre types helps us make smart material choices. In this guide, you’ll learn how textile fibres are classified, with examples of[…]
Textile Fibre Definition The use of textiles for clothing and furnishing depends upon a unique combination of properties. Textiles are warm; they are soft to the touch; they are completely flexible and thus take up any desired shape without resistance; and they are usually hard-wearing. The reason for these properties is to be found in[…]
Introduction In 1963 a team of British scientists, W. Watt, W. Johnson, and L.N. Phillips, working at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, U.K., developed techniques for producing carbon fibres of high strength and outstanding rigidity. These fibres were in commercial production by 1968 and have since become of great importance, especially in the field of[…]
Introduction Fibreglass is also known as glass fibre or fibre glass. The knowledge that fibres could be made from glass is probably as old as glass itself. Molten glass is viscous like treacle, and on being touched with anything, it will ‘string out’ to form a filament when it is drawn away. As glass is[…]
The Golden Fibre Bast fibres are obtained from stem, bark or leaf of certain vegetable plants. Jute fibre is obtained from the bark of Jute plants. This is the most important tropical fibre to meet world’s demand as cheaper packing materials for various commodities. Some countries where Jute cannot be cultivated have since been trying[…]
Introduction Polyester are polymers made by a condensation reaction taking place between small molecules, in which the linkage of the molecules occurs through the formation of ester groups. Polyesters are commonly made by interaction of a dibasic acid with a dihydric alcohol: HOOC-X-COOH + HO-Y-OH → …OC-X-COO-Y-OCO-X-COO-Y-OCO… The formation of polyester was studied by Wallace H. Carothers[…]
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