RESULT & DISCUSSION

Microscopic View Of Natural Fibre

FIBRE CROSS-SECTIONAL LONGITUDINAL

Cotton

 Oval or kidney-bean shaped,  Flattened tube, wrinkled and

thick cellulose wall encloses a striated.
well-defined lumen.

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Cell
wall
Flax are

thick, polygonal in shape.  long transparent cylindrical

tubes, width varies along its
length with swellings or nodes
appear along the length.
 Lumen clearly defined but
narrow.

Wool

  Scale-like cells along the axis,

 Roughly oval in shape thicker than cotton, spiral form
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Silk 
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 Raw silk – rough and irregular
Irregular shape, roughly oval.
surface, marked by lumps, folds
Individual filaments are
and cracks in the sericin layer.
triangular with rounded angles.
 Degummed silks are smooth-
surfaced and semi-transparent.

Microscopic View of Man-Made Fibre

FIBRE CROSS-SECTION LONGITUDINAL

Polyester

 Smooth, shiny, transparent,

 Round, trilobal, pentalobal rodlike

Nylon

 Round, trilobal, square

 Smooth, shiny, transparent
Acetate

 Lobed, irregular curves  uniform width with striations

Aramid

 Dog-boned shaped  Smooth, shiny, transparent