Characterization of Fibres from the Plant<i>Ceiba Pentandra</i>

Sunmonu, O. K.; Abdullahi, D

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“…The fiber from mature B. ceiba fruits is a new natural fiber source for the textile industry because it is extremely thin, light, and soft ( Rijavec, 2008 ). B. ceiba fibers also have many special features that give them a wide range of uses: they are bright, antibacterial, moth-proof, mildew-proof, difficult to entangle, warm, hygroscopic, impervious to water, and not conductive of heat ( Sunmonu and Abdullahi, 1992 ). The physical properties of B. ceiba fibers are well studied, but the biological processes that underlie their development remain to be clarified.…”

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Single-cell RNA landscape of the special fiber initiation process in Bombax ceiba

Ding¹,

Gao²,

Qin³

et al. 2023

Plant Communications

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Single-cell RNA landscape of the special fiber initiation process in Bombax ceiba

Ding¹,

Gao²,

Qin³

et al. 2023

Plant Communications

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“…Earlier study of the kapok has been limited to the characterization of the fiber. The present investigation is focused on kapok fiber spinning, batting and composite material containing kapok fibers, also little on the chemical processes of kapok fiber [6][7][8][9] . This paper studies the influence of mercerization on mirco-structure and performance of kapok fiber in order to improve the wearability of fabric made of kapok fibers.…”

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Influence of Mercerization on Micro-structure and Properties of Kapok Blended Yarns with Different Blending Ratios

Liu

Wang

2011

Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics

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To investigate the effect of mercerization on micro-structure and the properties of kapok/cotton blended yarns. FTIR spectra and x-ray diffraction (XRD) results, moisture regains and mechanical properties of blended yarns were compared before and after mercerization. The results show that mercerization treatment did not have an obvious effect on chemical compositions of cellulose，but did lead to decreasing on crystallinity of blended yarns， and transformed certain portion of cellulose I into cellulose II. When the NaOH concentration increased from 180g/L to 250 g/L, the strengths of blended yarns increased and elongations at breaking declined, and the extent of changes were lessened gradually with the increase of kapok fiber content, when the NaOH concentration further reached 280g/L, the strengths of blended yarns with high content of kapok fiber dropped dramatically, and elongations at breaking increased gradually, while hygroscopicities of blended yarns increased significantly. Different from cotton fiber, a more moderate alkali treatment condition should be chosen in mercerization process for kapok fiber.

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“…7,8 It was determined that the main components of kapok fiber are cellulose, lignin and xylan by chemical dissolution. 9 Kapok utilization research was focused on the industrial use and home use. The former was mainly in kapok fiber assemblies used as a buoyancy material, [10][11][12][13] sound and heat insulation materials, 14 oil-absorbing materials, [15][16][17][18][19] and reinforcement composites.…”

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Compressibility of the kapok fibrous assembly

Yan

Fang

Wang

et al. 2012

Textile Research Journal

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In this paper we study the compressibility of kapok fibrous assemblies via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image observations on kapok microstructures and measurements obtained from Kawabata Evaluation System (KES) compression testing. The assemblies, made of slightly carded kapok fibers, were treated in different levels of relative humidity (dry or wet) and pressure (0 or 100 kPa) conditions. The SEM images of the treated samples revealed that kapok fibers were initially hollow and circular, but could be crushed partially or totally to become thin ribbons after being pressed with a 100 kPa pressure. Over 80% of the fibers in the wet-pressure-treated assembly appeared to be crushed. In the KES testing, the compressional resilience, bulkiness and other parameters of the kapok assemblies were calculated from the compression curves. The results showed that the compressional resilience of the dry-treated kapok assemblies was better than that of the wet-treated assemblies; the bulkiness of both the dry-and wet-treated assemblies was reduced after the pressure treatment, but in the wet assemblies kapok hollow structures and interspaces among fibers were much easier to be squeezed than those of the dry assemblies.

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Characterization of Fibres from the PlantCeiba Pentandra

Cited by 15 publications

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Single-cell RNA landscape of the special fiber initiation process in Bombax ceiba

Single-cell RNA landscape of the special fiber initiation process in Bombax ceiba

Influence of Mercerization on Micro-structure and Properties of Kapok Blended Yarns with Different Blending Ratios

Compressibility of the kapok fibrous assembly

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