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Physical, chemical and tensile properties of cashmere, mohair, alpaca, and other rare animal fibers
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posted on 2018-01-03, 00:00 authored by Bruce McGregorThe chapter introduces animal fibres other than sheep wool. These fibres include cashmere, mohair, qiviut (musk ox), alpaca, llama, vicuña, guanaco, Bactrian camel, yak, bison and angora (rabbit). Building on the information for wool in the previous chapter the differences in the chemical and physical properties of rare animal fibres are summarised. The importance of different cuticle scale properties and the presence of medulla on fibre properties such as lustre and friction, textile manufacturing especially dehairing, and textile quality are described. Tensile properties of raw fibre, dehaired slivers, tops, yarns and fabrics are summarised particularly for mohair, cashmere and alpaca. The effect of physical properties on the softness, feltability and dyeing responses of these fibres are examined.
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Handbook of properties of textile and technical fibresSeries
Textile Institute book seriesChapter number
4Pagination
105 - 136Publisher
Woodhead PublishingPlace of publication
Duxford, Eng.Publisher DOI
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9780081012727Edition
2ndLanguage
EnglishPublication classification
B1 Book chapterCopyright notice
2018, Elsevier LtdExtent
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