Introduction to textile firbres / H. V. Sreenivasa Murthy

1. Fibres characteristics
1.1 Definition of some important terms
1.2 Characteristics of a good textile fibres
1.3 Classification of textile fibres

2. Some major natural fibres
2.1 Advantages of natural fibres
2.2 Disadvantages of natural fibres
2.3 Cotton
etc

3. Some minor natural fibres
3.1 Bast fibres
3.2 Leaf fibres
3.3 Fruit fibre
3.4 Mineral fibre

4. Manmade fibres
4.1 The position of manmade fibres
4.2 Advantages of manmade fibres
4.3 Disadvantages of manmade fibres
etc

5. Fibre structure
5.1 Fine structure : General feature
5.2 Fine structure of natural fibres
5.3 Fine structure manmade fibres

6.Vital fibre properties
6.1 Physical properties
6.2 Thermal properties
6.3 Biological properties
6.4 Chemical properties of Fibres

Moisture relation
7.1 Definitions of some important terms
7.2 Some effects of regain on fibre properties
7.3 The effect of relative humidity on strength and other properties of textile fibres
7.4 Practical significance of relative humidity

8. Technical consequences and important of some fibre properties
8.1 Technical consequences of shape and dimensions of textile fibres
8.2 Technical importance of some physical and chemical properties of textile fibres
8.3 Some method of altering the physical properties of manmade fibres

9. Identification of textile fibres properties
9.1 Microscope tests
9.2 Chemical tests
9.3 Burning test
9.4 Feeling tests
9.5 Breaking tests

References : p227- 231 . _ Index : p233- 238