Introduction

Textile Science and Care 3(2+1)

Lesson 03 : Properties Of Textile Fibres

Introduction

The second step in the process of learning textiles is to know how to qualify a material for a specific use. In order to do so the product must possess some essential characteristics or properties. It is generally agreed that the essential qualities or primary properties of a fibre like length, strength, flexibility or pliability, cohesiveness or spinnability and uniformity are adequate. Other properties may be desirable in all fibres but they are not essential. So they can be termed as secondary properties. These may improve the quality of textile fibres and thus get the consumers’ satisfaction.

Secondary properties include: Physical shape, lustre, density or specific gravity, absorbency, electrical conductivity, elasticity, elastic recovery, pilling, hand, feltability, thermal behavior, the resistance to biological organism and resistance to chemicals and other environmental conditions. The following is the detailed information about the characteristics of textiles fibres.

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