Frequency distributions of breaking load, tenacity, and ratio of cell wall thickness to ribbon width for single cotton fibers

Abstract

SynopsisAnalysis of the frequency distributions of breaking load, tenacity, and ratio of cell wall thickness to ribbon width (CIR) for single cotton fibers in this study has indicated that they can all be represented by &distributions. This suggests that a parallel model of element configurations exists in which there is a uniform distribution of elemental strengths in single cotton fibers before as well as after slack mercerization. In the case of breaking load and tenacity, the distributions are positively skewed and the skewness decreases on slack mercerization, suggesting that quite a few potentially weak places have been either completely removed or at least strengthened. The changes in CIR ratio on slack mercerization for cottons having a range of maturity have been examined and discussed. The dependence of properties such as breaking load, tenacity, and linear density on cell wall to ribbon width ratio (CIR) have also been studied.

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