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History of Fibres Natural and Manmade Fibres
Fibres have traditionally been used in all cultures of the world to meet basic requirements of clothing, storage, building material, and for items of daily use such as ropes and fishing nets.
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Qiviut Fiber Musk-Ox/Musk-Oxen wool
Qiviut, pronounced kiv-ee-ute, is one of the finest natural fibers obtainable. Qiviut is the downy-soft underside wool from the arctic musk ox - oomingmak - umimmak in Greenlandic. Eight times warmer than wool and extraordinarily…
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Textile Fabric Types – different types of fabrics and their patterns
Generally, a set number of yarns are used for the formation of fabrics. Also, a number of techniques are used for producing fabrics such as weaving, knitting, and felting. The type of fabrics varies by the fibers, the fabric formation…
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Hair Fibers alpaca, llama, cashmere, mohair, camel
Hair fibers obtained from different kinds of animals also contribute to the fabric formation such as Musk-Ox (Qiviut), Alpaca, Mohair, Cashmere, Camel etc.
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Cotton Fibers – the king of fibers
Cotton fiber is a soft staple fiber that is grown in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions.
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Textile Fiber Formulas
Commonly used fibre formulas and reference guides used by the textile fibre industry.
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Mineral and Metallic Fibers
A number of fibers exist that are derived from natural mineral sources or are manufactured from inorganic and mineral salts. These fibers are predominantly derivatives of silica (Si02) or other metal oxides.
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Vinyl Fibers
Vinyl fibers are those man-made fibers spun from polymers or copolymers of substituted vinyl monomers and include vinylon, vinyl, vinylon-vinyl matrix (Polychlal), saran, and polytetrafluoroethylene fibers.
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Miscellaneous Fibers
Fibers which do not logically "fit" under other classifications such as natural, manmade, mineral etc. such novaloid, carbon, poly-phenylene dibenzimidazole polyimide fibers etc. are categorized under miscellaneous fibers.
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Elastomeric Fibers
Elastomeric fibers are those fibers that possess extremely high elongations at break and that recover fully and rapidly from high elongations up to their breaking point. The fibers are all used in specialized applications where high…
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