COTTON LINT

Product Details

COTTON IS A NATURAL FIBRE OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN, LIKE LINEN, JUTE OR HEMP. MOSTLY COMPOSED OF CELLULOSE (A CARBOHYDRATE PLANT SUBSTANCE) AND FORMED BY TWISTED, RIBBON-LIKE SHAPED FIBRES, COTTON IS THE FRUIT OF A SHRUBBY PLANT COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE "COTTON PLANT". THE COTTON PLANT, A VARIETY OF PLANTS OF THE GENUS GOSSYPIUM, BELONGS TO THE MALVACAE FAMILY, WHICH COMPRISES APPROXIMATELY 1,500 SPECIES, ALSO INCLUDING THE BAOBAB TREE, THE BOMBAX OR THEMALLOW.

SPECIFICATIONS

CLASSING GRADE - STRICT MIDDLING WHITE (21-2)

STAPLE LENGTH- ≥ 1-1/8 INCHES (1.13 INCHES / 28.6 MM) MICRONAIRE- 3.8 - 4.2

STRENGTH- ≥ 30 GRAMS PER TEX

COLOR- WHITE REFLECTANCE- RD ≥ 75

YELLOWNESS- +B < 9 LENGTH UNIFORMITY RATIO- ≥ 83% SHORT FIBER CONTENT- ≤ 5% ELONGATION- ≥ 6% MATURITY- 88% FINENESS- ≤ 180 MILLITEX (μG/M) NEPS- < 200 / GRAM