Journal of Natural Fibers (May 2018)

Fiber Quality Evaluation of Pakistan’s Locally Developed Cotton Varieties for Yarn Manufacturing

  • Awais Khatri,
  • Iftikhar Ali Sahito,
  • Farooq Ahmed,
  • Imran Khatri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2017.1328328
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 3
pp. 344 – 352

Abstract

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This paper discusses relation between fiber quality parameters and yarn quality, presenting results of the quality assessment of Pakistan’s five popular cotton varieties. Abadgar-901 was found to have highest effective length followed by Tarzen-1 when compared to other fibers studied and the Sattari showed the least effective length. Whereas, Tarzen-1 showed highest tenacity, Sindh-1 was second to that, yet Nayab-78 showed the least strength of the studied cotton fibers. Further, it was also found that except Nayab-78, all the other cotton varieties were found to have fineness value of premium cotton standards, however, Nayab proved to be a coarse fiber, Sindh-1 was finest fiber of them all. Moreover, Sattari was found to be the whitest in color when measured for CIE and Berger whiteness index, Nayab-78 followed it just after and the Abadgar proved to be the least white compared to the studied cotton varieties.

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