Department of Textile Engineering

UET Lahore, Faisalabad Campus

BSc. Textile Engineering

Assignment Title: Cotton properties

Submitted by:
Abdul Basit (2020-TXE-41)
Submitted To:
Engr. Mrs. Wardah Anum
Subject Tile:
Yarn Preparatory Processes
Subject Code: TEX-202
Semester: 3rd

Submission Date: 21 September, 2021

Cotton:
Cotton is the soft and fluffy materials that come from some plants. Cotton is define
as a plant or the soft cloud like substance that come from shrubby plant and is used to make
thread or cloth. An example of cotton is the stuffing inside a teddy bear.

Regions of cotton:
Cotton grows in warm climates and most of the world’s cotton is
grown in the U.S., Uzbekistan, the people’s republic of China and India. Other leading cotton
producing countries are Brazil, Pakistan and Turkey.

Cotton fibres length of different growing regions:[1]

Far west. Cotton length (32’s)=37.3

Southwest. Cotton length (32’s)=34.6 -36.1

Midsouth. Cotton length (32’s)= 37.1- 37.7

Southeast Cotton length (32’s)= 36.4-36.8

Properties of Cotton Fiber:[2]

 Fiber Surface and Color: Lustrous/ Creamy White color/ yellowish

 Tensile Strength: Tenacity = 28~45 Gram/Tex
 Elongation: Not easily stretch Elongation at Break = 5-10 %
  Specific Gravity:
 Effect of Moisture:
 Effect of Heat:
 Effect of Age:
 Effect of Sunlight:
 Effect of Acids:
1.54
Moisture Regain = 8.
Excellent Resistance
Small loss of strength when stored
Gradual loss of strength when exposure to sunlight, major
 effect by Ultra-violet light
Dissolved by hot dilute or cold concentrated

Categorizes of Pakistani cotton:

 MNH-93 (Cotton of Punjab region)

 NAYYAB-78 (Cotton of Sindh region)
 Organic Cotton
 BCI (Better Cotton Initiative) Cotton

Properties of Pakistani cotton:[3]

 Length: 27.36 mm

 Uniformity: 6.3 %

 Short fiber Index(SFI): 8.5 %

 Strength: 31.9 g/tex

 Elongation: 3.45 %

 Mic(micronaire) value: 4.70 c

Referance
[1] G genetic diversity evaluation of some elite cotton varieties by RAPD analysis
written by MJ Iqbal and NA Y ZAFAR
[2],[3] Synthesis and mechanical properties of cotton fabric reinforced geoplymer
composites written by TAlomayri