290 Physical properties of textile fibres

In

0.5
500
Nailon
Bumbac
Mtase
Efort specific [MPa]

400

[GPa]
300
0.25
Mtasea
200 vscoz
Mtasea Ln
acetat
100

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Deformaie (%)
13.11 Stressstrain curves of various fibres tested at 65% r.h., 20 C, 0.15 mN
tex1 s1. From Merediths [2] 1945 data. Note: Durafil is Lilienfeld rayon; Fibro
is staple viscose rayon; Lanital is a casein fibre; acetate rayon is secondary
acetate.

Table 13.1 Tensile properties of fibres at 65% r.h., 20 C, 1 cm test length, 0.15 mN tex1 s1 [2]

Fibre Tenacity Breaking Work of Initial Yield Yield Work

(N/tex) extension rupture modulus stress strain factor
(%) (mN/tex) (N/tex) (mN/tex) (%)

Cotton
St Vincent 0.45 6.8 14.9 7.3 0.49
Upper 0.32 7.1 10.7 5.0 0.46
Bengals 0.19 5.6 5.1 3.9 0.49
Flax 0.54 3.0 8.0 18.0 0.50
Jute 0.31 1.8 2.7 17.2 0.50
Hemp 0.47 2.2 5.3 21.7 0.50
Ramie 0.59 3.7 10.6 14.6 0.47
Viscose rayon 0.18 27.2 30.6 4.8 57 2.0 0.62
Courtaulds
continuous-
filament
Fibro 0.21 15.7 18.8 6.5 68 1.9 0.59
Tenasco 0.27 16.9 19.7 6.0 66 1.6 0.50
Acetate 0.13 23.7 21.6 3.6 75 3.2 0.72
(Celanese)
Fortisan (cellulose) 0.59 6.4 19.1 16.1 113 0.8 0.51
Silk 0.38 23.4 59.7 7.3 156 3.3 0.66
Nylon 0.47 26.0 76.0 2.6 407 16.0 0.61
Wool
Botany 64s 0.11 42.5 30.9 2.3 57 5.0 0.64
Crossbred 56s 0.14 42.9 37.5 2.1 62 5.1 0.62
Crossbred 36s 0.12 29.8 26.6 3.0 74 3.6 0.78
Glass 0.75 2.5 9.8 29.4
Steel wire 0.26 8.0 17.7 28.5

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