Mechanical and Chemical Processability of Cotton/Kapok Blends
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Authors
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G. KRISHNA PRASAD
Scientist, ICAR - Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), Adenwala Road, Matunga, Mumbai – 400019
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V. MAGESHWARAN
Scientist, ICAR - Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), Adenwala Road, Matunga, Mumbai – 400019
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R. GURUPRASAD
Scientist, ICAR - Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), Adenwala Road, Matunga, Mumbai – 400019
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A. ARPUTHARAJ
Scientist, ICAR - Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), Adenwala Road, Matunga, Mumbai – 400019
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T. SENTHILKUMAR
Scientist, ICAR - Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), Adenwala Road, Matunga, Mumbai – 400019
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P. G. PATIL
Director, ICAR - Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), Adenwala Road, Matunga, Mumbai – 400019
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R. K. JADHAV
Chief Technical Officer, ICAR - Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), Adenwala Road, Matunga, Mumbai – 400019
Keywords:
Cotton, Kapok, chemical composition, Evenness, StrengthAbstract
The compact ring-spun yarns are made from cotton and natural kapok fibres and properties of blended yarn studied. Cotton/Kapok fibre blended yarns are made with two different blend proportions (80/20, 70/30) and compared with 100% cotton yarn by testing their diameter, evenness, tensile, hairiness and related chemical properties. The tensile strength of cotton/kapok blended yarn reduced with increase in the kapok content. Unevenness, hairiness, thin & thick places are higher in cotton kapok blend as compared to 100% cotton. SEM analysis showed the random distribution of kapok/cotton fibre in the yarn cross-section. However, going beyond the 30 % kapok content in the yarn resulted in difficulty in processing and higher fibre wastage was observed.References
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