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Cotton
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Wood from the cottonwood tree (AKA Poplar), so called because the seed pods look like cotton. This wood has interlocking grain, so you can't split it--good if you are making things from it, very bad if you're trying to use it for firewood!
What are the properties for cotton?
These are properties of Cotton:
1)It is soft and comfortable.
2)It wrinkles easily.
3)It absorbs perspiration quickly.
4)It has good colour retention and is good to print on.
5)Cotton is also strong and durable.
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any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes
When wool is drafted unevenly as it is spun it forms lumps in the yarn. The lumps, called "slubs," are thicker than the surrounding yarn and have little or no twist. This is generally considered a mistake which is common to beginning knitters but has become a popular intentional effect especially in art yarns.
Which country produces the best cotton?
Best is a judgement and you are the judge.
Different uses of cotton would dictate which type of cotton would be best.
There is no one 'best' cotton, because it is so useful.
Well for one thing you dont have to grow it like cotton its fairly cheap and if you wear it and get wet you wont freeze your butt off like if you wore cotton.
What is a disadvantage of cotton?
It shrinks in the washing machine beginning from 30°C(86 °F). Therefore, hand wash is strongly recommended.
Yes, some places will take cotton to use for making paper. Cotton is also recycled into cleaning rags.
Cotton will also decompose in landfill as it is an organic product, grown on a cotton bush.
fibers can be made into a diverse array of fabrics suitable for a great variety of apparel, home furnishings, and industrial uses. Cotton fabrics can be extremely durable and are comfortable to wear. (from Encyclopedia)
What are morphological sructure of cotton?
Yarn structure for cotton is the same as the structure for all yarn. Fibers -- from whatever source, except silk, are aligned so that they all run more or less parallel to each other. The process is called carding: this produces roving.
Then the roving is spun into yarn. All fibres are now running more or less parallel to each other and twisted/ twirled together to make the yarn.
Where is the cotton found on a cotton plant?
Cotton comes from a plant called a cotton plant it has a green steem and a white ball (which is the cotton) on top of it.
The plant itself is any of four different species of the shrub Gossypium native to South America, India, Central America, Mexico, Pakistan and Egypt. Ok, yes I agree with this and thank you to whoever put this on!! from cbarrow!
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Why cotton fabrics have high shrinkage?
i think grey faric margin should be 10-15% of finished width then u can control that problem otherwise u have to sanforize that fabric to improve weft side shrinkage and on the
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.
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Which hand-powered machine helped turn cotton into thread?
It was the Spinning Jenny that changed cotton into thread. The cotton gin removed the seeds.
Cotton is part of the seed of the cotton plant. The cotton is white fluffy strands attached to the cotton seed that allows the seed to catch the wind and be dispersed. We collect these fluffy bundles just as the pod opens and scrape off the seed, keeping the cotton fluff which is combed and twisted into cotton thread.
What happens to cotton when it is harvested?
The cotton is picked with a cotton picker machine and put into big cotton trailers. After the field is picked (it takes 3-4 runs through the field to get all the cotton off the bolls) the trailers are hooked up to trucks and the raw cotton is taken to the gin. At the gin the trailers are put under a big vacuum that sucks up the raw, dirty cotton. The cotton is cleaned, seeds removed, and stems, leaves taken out. It is then packed into big bales and stacked up.
Why BT cotton is a transgenic plant?
One of the advantages of the BT Cotton is that it does not have the actual bacterium Bacillus thuriengensis in it which is harmless to humans. The other advantage is that the BT Cotton successfully repels the boll weevil larvae.
What is the texture of cotton?
fibers can be made into a diverse array of fabrics suitable for a great variety of apparel, home furnishings, and industrial uses. Cotton fabrics can be extremely durable and are comfortable to wear. (from Encyclopedia)
Did the cotton gin make cotton cheaper?
no it went to 1 pound or less because of taking out all the seeds
You should use gauze for dressing wounds, rather than cotton balls, because gauze doesn't stick to the wound and leave fibers.
John Mercer (chemist and fabric printer) of Great Harwood, Lancashire, England, developed a treatment process in 1844 to give fabric or yarns more strength and luster. Named in his honor, this process is called Mercerization. It is also used on hemp and wool.
How may a cotton industry in Karachi be affected by July floods in Punjab?
During July floods the supply of cotton becomes relatively low thus cotton being the raw material for textile mills causes a shortage of products for mills.
