Creation of a Set of Reference Material for Cotton Fiber Maturity Measurements

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 576-586

  Hequet, Eric F ^a   Wyatt, Bobby ^a   Abidi, Noureddine ^a   Thibodeaux, Devron P ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cotton fiber; cross section; fineness; maturity; perimeter; standard cotton; theta

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; SAMPLING; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CROSS-SECTION; FIBER MATURITY; FIBER PERIMETER; FINENESS; STANDARD COTTON; THETA;

COTTON FIBERS;

BALE; CALIBRATION; COTTON FIBER; CROSS SECTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATURITY; STANDARD;

EID: 33746614245     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517506064710     Document Type: Article

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