CLASSIFICATION
OF TEXTILE FIBRES:
Textile
fibres can be classified in following main categories:
1- Natural
fibres
2- Man-made
fibres.
3- Re-generated
fibres.
1 - NATURAL FIBRES:
“Textile
fibres directly obtained from nature are
called natural fibres”. These fibres can not be produced by any type of
chemical process. Natural fibres further can be classified in two categories
according to its source of generation.
A - Animal fibres:
The natural fibres obtained from animals or insects are known as animal fibres. The examples of animal fibres are given below:
The natural fibres obtained from animals or insects are known as animal fibres. The examples of animal fibres are given below:
Wool , silk,
spider silk, rabbit hairs, camel hairs, goat hairs, yak hair.
B - Vegetable fibres:
The natural
fibres obtained from plants and trees are called vegetable fibres. The examples
of vegetable fibres are given below:
cotton, linen, jute, hemp ,banana, kapok, kenaf, ramie, raffia,
sisal, coir etc.
2- MAN-MADE FIBRES OR SYNTHATIC FIBRES:
“The textile
fibres produced by human through one or more types of chemical process are
called man-made or synthetic fibres”. The different types of chemicals are used to
produce these synthetic fibres. These fibres are produced in laboratory and in
industrial manufacturing units. These fibres are produce by polymerization
of a monomers
of chemical compounds. Few common examples are:
polyester, nylon, acrylic, polypropylene, elastane, poly vinyl acetate, poly vinyl alcohol, poly vinyl chloride, polythene, poly urethane etc.
polyester, nylon, acrylic, polypropylene, elastane, poly vinyl acetate, poly vinyl alcohol, poly vinyl chloride, polythene, poly urethane etc.
3 - RE-GENERATED FIBRES:
These fibres
can neither be directly found from nature nor can be produce by using chemical
. “these
fibres are re-generated from natural material using some chemical process”.
Monomers are obtained by treating natural material with chemicals. Common
examples are:
rayon, bamboo
fibres, modal, lyocell ete.
CLASSIFICATION CHART OF TEXTILE FIBRES:
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