Manufactured fibres
- Created by: Hannah Lewington
- Created on: 16-04-14 09:47
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- Manufactured fibres
- regenerated polymers
- Vicose
- Natural cellulose from wood pulp
- Staple & filament
- More absorbent than cotton
- naturallly breathable
- Fine, soft handle,good drape
- cannot trap air
- Not warm
- lower strength
- tears when wet
- Poor elasticity
- creases easily
- Biodegradable & recyclable
- inexpensive
- Tencel/ Lyocell
- Staple viscose
- Recycles the solvent amine oxide
- fibres can be split
- fibrilation
- micro fine surface hairs
- helpful in dying
- stronger than many regenerated fabric
- easy care, dyes well, good wicking properties
- Low shrinkage
- Biodegradable
- Modal
- Wood pulp
- Staple fibre
- Used in blends
- Absorbs more moisture than cotton
- Breathable
- Silky smooth, very soft handle,good drape
- doesn't trap air
- Poor elasticity
- Dyes very well
- Biodegradable & recyclable
- inexpensive
- Acetate
- 95% of the acetic acid is recycled
- Filament µfibre
- low absorbency
- Fast drying
- prone to static
- subdued lustre, smooth, very soft handle with elegant drape
- low warmth
- Dyes well
- more elastic than viscose
- Thermoplastic
- Biodegrable, recyclable
- Inexpensive
- Vicose
- Synthetic
- Polyamide
- Petrochemicals
- inexpensive to manufacture
- engineered to provide certain characteristics
- non-absorbent and prone to static
- Polyamide
- regenerated polymers
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