FASH 290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nail Polish, Cellulose Fiber, Axon
2 Feb 2017
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Visual inspection: any aspect of the fiber that you can touch, see, and smell. Burn test: look for how it reacts to heat, manner of the burning, when you. Microscopy: under a microscope: equilateral fibers are probably manufactured, irregular fibers are probably natural. Solubility test: what it dissolves in: bleach dissolves wool (protein) fiber turning it into gelatinous mass, acetate fiber are dissolved by nail polish remover (acetone, send to a lab to determine. Things that contribute to a fabric"s name: (not on exam) Fabrication method (structure type of weave/knit) Place of origin (where first made and exported from) China 32%, india 21. 8%, usa 12. 2%, pakistan, brazil. 1793: cotton gin (cotton engine that mechanically removes cotton from plant) Lint = fibers of cotton that come off of clothing; less than 1/8 of an inch can not be spun in a thread and melted down to be used in things like q-tips.
