0
Cotton is a very flexible material.
If it was not flexible, then one would not make cloths out of it.
Each cottonfibre can easily be bendt sideways.
It does however not stretch much before it breaks.
Regards.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is the name of a tough cotton fabric starting with n?
name of a cotton fabric starting with n
What event revived the southern economy and why?
Crops (especially cotton) pulled the south through tough economic times because say cotton was widely demanded around the world.
What is the composition of denim?
Denim is tough, cotton textile, weaved to form diagonal ribbing on one side (called twill).
What is the history of the cotton chopper?
There is no "cotton chopper". There is a cotton picker and it was developed in the early 1900's. Before that cotton was hand picked. Cotton grows on a bush type plant that forms flowers that becomes cotton bolls. To pick the cotton the plant has to be killed and then the cotton can be gotten off the boll because it is open. This is not easy because the raw cotton is tough to work with and very dense. The cotton picker goes through the field than pulls the cotton off the bolls. It takes several times to get all of the cotton. When cotton was hand picked it was put into bags until full.
Is it called a cotton boll or ball?
It is known as a cotton ball with an "a" in ball. However, while still on the plant, is called a cotton boll, as in "boll weevil," an important pest of cotton before the advent of insecticides. After the plant blooms and gets pollinated ("squaring"), the flower closes up and produces its seeds surrounded by tough fibers to protect the seeds. It is these fibers that humans harvest and transform into cotton fabric.
What was it for joe Louis growing up?
Joe Louis had a tough childhood, as the parents were poor and they worked in the cotton fields. to add to the problem there were many children as well.
How strong is 18 oz cotton?
i have some duffle bags made of 18 oz cotton fabric, it's plenty tough, a bag can last 10-20 years sometimes if treated properly, it's all you need unless you just need stiffness for some reason
How do you get out a stain from a sharpie marker?
to get out of jeans you use acetone ortherwise known as nail polish remover and put it on a pice of cotton and blot it and for tough stains rub it then when satisfied rinse it with hot water
What is Dacron?
Dacron is a man-made fibre and cotton is a natural fibre. Often textiles are fabricated from a mix of these fibres. In those cases, the textile is labeled dacron-cotton, with percentages of each fibre posted on the label.
Which type of plantation was the hardest to work on for a slave?
Large southern cotton and tobacco plantations were considered to be the hardest for a slave to work. These plantations were tough to farm and required work at all hours of the day and night.
What are some idioms about being tough?
a hard nut, a hard nut to crack, a hard row to hoe, a tough cookie, a tough nut, a tough row to hoe, be as tough as old boots, tough as an old boot, tough as nails, tough cookie, tough customer
When going gets tough tough becomes going?
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. When the going gets rough, the rough get tough.
