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Comparative Analysis of Bamboo and Cotton Yarns and Fabrics

In order to make a fabric with satisfying properties for target use, it is necessary to choose raw material and fabric construction. New raw materials for fabric manufacturing are mostly of chemical origin, and they often imitate natural fibers successfully. On account of several good properties and a cost-effective production, these fibers increasingly replace natural fibers. Man-made fibers also have bad properties that cannot be completely eliminated ; they include discomfort and sometimes allergic symptoms in contact with the body. For this reason textile raw materials of natural origin is better to use, especially for medical textiles and textile products for intimate clothing, for which, apart from cotton, wool, silk and linen, bamboo fiber, which has its future because of its good properties, is increasingly used. New technologies, for manufacturing woven fabrics, provide a higher- quality, more competitive and more cost- efficient final product. In the production of woven fabrics, fibers, yarns and spinning process, as well as weaving process, plays an essential role. In this paper, physical and mechanical properties of the bamboo and cotton yarn and the fabrics woven from these yarns will be investigated. Based on the obtained results a comparison analysis will be carried out. This procedure will provide an insight whether cotton, as the most widely used natural fiber, can be replaced by the bamboo fiber, and if so, in which application it has advantageous. Furthermore, a certain conclusion on the justifiable use of these yarns for fabric making will be drawn.

bamboo yarn; cotton yarn; woven fabrics; physical and mechanical properties

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