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Cellulosic Fibers
Wool Fibers
Specialty Wool Fibers
Silk
Dr. E-B "A" Student
100
Another name for flax
What is linen?
100
Type of natural crimp that wool has.
What is 3D?
100
MOST EXPENSIVE, SOFTEST, and LUXURIOUS.
What is vicuna?
100
Shape of cross-section.
What is triangular?
100
-OH
What is hydroxyl?
200
NATURAL BLEND fabrics must contain at least this percentage of cotton.
What is 60.
200
Protein found in wool.
What is keratin?
200
NO crimps.
What is mohair?
200
Protein found in silk.
What is fibroin?
200
Name one of the two elements that is in protein not cellulosic fibers.
What is nitrogen (N) or sulfur (S)?
300
One of the "strongest" natural fiber known.
What is ramie?
300
Absorb moisture without feeling wet
What is hygroscopic?
300
Gives warmth without weight.
What is camel's hair?
300
Weight of silk.
What is momme?
300
Husk of coconut.
What is coir?
400
Cotton fabric that has been washed with mild natural soap but not bleached or treated with chemicals.
What is green cotton?
400
Forty percent of wool is what structural.
What is helical (spiral)?
400
Breed from two goats.
What is cashgora?
400
Protective gum produced from silk worm.
What is sericin?
400
Protein of spider silk.
What is spidroin?
500
Reducing bast fibers to a length similar to cotton.
What is cottonizing?
500
One of three parts of wool that is the main. Hint. Contains melanin.
What is cortex?
500
Hair is TOO short to spin into yarns.
What is angora?
500
Production of silk.
What is sericulture?
500
How ramie fibers are separated from the plant stalk.
What is decortication?