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The hairiness of worsted wool and cashmere yarns and the impact of fiber curvature on hairiness

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posted on 2006-01-01, 00:00 authored by Xungai Wang, Lingli Chang, Bruce McGregor
In this study, a range of carefully selected wool and cashmere yarns as well as their blends were used to examine the effects of fiber curvature and blend ratio on yarn hairiness. The results indicate that yarns spun from wool fibers with a higher curvature have lower yarn hairiness than yarns spun from similar wool of a lower curvature. For blend yarns made from wool and cashmere of similar diameter, yarn hairiness increases with the increase in the cashmere content in the yarn. This is probably due to the presence of increased proportion of the shorter cashmere fibers in the surface regions of the yarn, leading to increased yarn hairiness. A modified hairiness composition model is used to explain these results and the likely origin of leading and trailing hairs. This model highlights the importance of yarn surface composition on yarn hairiness.

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Journal

Textile research journal

Volume

76

Pagination

281 - 287

Location

Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Open access

  • Yes

ISSN

0040-5175

eISSN

1746-7748

Language

eng

Notes

The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Textile Research Journal, 76/4, 2006, © 2006 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Textile Research Journal page: http://trj.sagepub.com/ on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/

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C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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2006, SAGE Publications

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