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LIST OF CONTENTS LIST OF PLATES LIST OF TABLES LIST OF SAMPLES LIST OF FIGURES APPENDIX

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LIST OF CONTENTS
1 2 INTRODUCTION REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 COTTON 2.2.1HISTORY OF COTTON 2.1.2 COTTON GROWTH 2.1.3 IMPORTANCE OF COTTON 2.1.4 USES OF COTTON 2.2 WOOL 2.2.1 WOOL TYPES 2.2.2 HISTORY OF WOOL 2.2.3 PRODUCTION OF WOOL 2.2.4 BENEFITS OF WOOL 2.2.5 WOOL TODAY 2.3 WEAVING 2.3.1 HISTORY OF WEAVING 2.4 FINISHING 2.4.1 STANDARD FINISH 2.4.2 DECORATIVE FINISH 2.4.3 POST FINISH 2.5 ALOEVERA 2.5.1 PROPERTIES OF ALOEVERA 2.5.2 BENEFITS OF ALOEVERA 2.5.3 MEDICINAL USES METHODOLOGY 3.1 SELECTION OF YARN 3.2 SELECTION OF FABRIC CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES 3.3 SELECTION OF FUNCTIONAL FINISH 3.4 EXTRACTION OF ALOEVERA GEL/SOLUTION 1 4 5 6 7

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3.5 APPLICATION OF ALOEVERA EXTRACTED SOLUTION ON COTTON AND WOOL FABRICS 3. SELECTION OF ARTICLES AND WEAR STUDY 3.! EVALUATION 3.!.1 SUB"ECTIVE EVALUATION 3.!.2 OB"ECTIVE EVALUATION 3.!.2.1 MECHANICAL TEST 3.!.2.1.1 TENSILE STRENGTH AND ELONGATION 3.!.2.1.2 ABRASION 3.!.2.1.3 FABRIC WEIGHT 3.!.2.1.4 STIFFNESS 3.!.2.1.5 TEARING STRENGTH 3.!.2.1. CREASE RECOVERY 3.!.2.1.! ANTI#ALLERGIC TEST 3.!.2.1.$ DEODORI%ING ACTIVITY TEST RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 WARP TENSILE STRENGTH 4.2 WEFT TENSILE STRENGTH 4.3 WARP ELONGATION 4.4 WEFT ELONGATION 4.5 ABRASION RESISTANCE 4. FABRIC WEIGHT 4.! WARP STIFFNESS 4.$ WEFT STIFFNESS 4.& WARP TEARING STRENGTH 4.1' WEFT TEARING STRENGTH 4.11 WARP CREASE RECOVERY 4.12 WEFT CREASE RECOVERY 4.13 EVALUATION OF WEAR STUDY 4.14 ANTI ALLERGIC TEST 4.15 DEODORI%ING ACTIVITY TEST SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDIX

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LIST OF PLATES

PLATE. NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ! 1" 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1 1! 2" 21 22 23 24 25 COTTON GROWTH OF COTTON COTTON SEEDS FINE MERINO WOOL

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LONG AND SHORT HAIR WOOL WEAVING HANDLOOM WEAVING ALOEVERA PLANT ALOEVERA GEL ALOEVERA TREATED COTTON BABY TOP(S ALOEVERA TREATED WOOL BABY TOP(S ALOEVERA TREATED COTTON GLOVES ALOEVERA TREATED WOOL GLOVES ALOEVERA TREATED COTTON SOC)S ALOEVERA TREATED WOOL SOC)S ALOEVERA TREATED COTTON BABY TOP(S ALOEVERA TREATED WOOL BABY TOP(S ALOEVERA TREATED COTTON GLOVES ALOEVERA TREATED WOOL GLOVES ALOEVERA TREATED COTTON SOC)S ALOEVERA TREATED WOOL SOC)S S)IN BEFORE PATCH TEST ALOEVERA TREATED COTTON PATCH ON S)IN ALOEVERA TREATED WOOL PATCH ON S)IN S)IN AFTER PATCH TEST

LIST OF TABLES

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TABLES
PARAMETERS FOR ALOEVERA FINISH ON COTTON FABRIC PARAMETERS FOR ALOEVERA FINISH ON WOOL FABRIC WARP TENSILE STRENGTH WEFT TENSILE STRENGTH WARP ELONGATION WEFT ELONGATION ABRASION RESISTANCE FABRIC WEIGHT WARP STIFFNESS WEFT STIFFNESS WARP TEARING STRENGTH WEFT TEARING STRENGTH WARP CREASE RECOVERY WEFT CREASE RECOVERY PERFORMER SHEET FOR EVALUATION OF WEAR STUDY ANTI ALLERGIC TEST DEODORI%ING ACTIVITY TEST

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LIST OF SAMPLES

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ALOEVERA TREATED COTTON FABRIC GREY WOOL FABRIC ALOEVERA TREATED WOOL FABRIC

LIST OF FIGURES
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WARP TENSILE STRENGTH WEFT TENSILE STRENGTH WARP ELONGATION WEFT ELONGATION ABRASION RESISTANCE FABRIC WEIGHT WARP STIFFNESS WEFT STIFFNESS WARP TEARING STRENGTH WEFT TEARING STRENGTH WARP CREASE RECOVERY WEFT CREASE RECOVERY

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