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What is Cotton?
Cotton is a fibre that grows from the
surface of seeds on the pods or bolls. It is
composed basically of a woody substance
called Cellulose.
Macro structure
Cotton appear as fine, regular fibre with little variation in diameter;
its diameter is not considered as critical as length. The fibre length
to breath ratio is 6000:1 for finer and long cotton and 350:1 for
shortest and coarser cotton type.
Its length is from 10mm-65mm.
Range in fibre diameter is from 11m 10 22 m.
Cotton color varies form near white to light tan. The colour depends
upon cotton type, soil, environmental and climatic conditions under
which it is grown.
Under microscope cotton looks like ribbon or twisted tube. These
twists or convolutions classified cotton under the microscope.
Convolutions are formed after the cotton ball burst open.
Cotton cross-section appears under the microscope as kidney
shape.