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2. List of textile fibres - Wikipedia

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   Textile fibres or textile fibers (see spelling differences) can be created from many natural sources (animal hair or fur, cocoons as with silk worm cocoons), as well as semisynthetic methods that use naturally occurring polymers, and synthetic methods that use polymer-based materials, and even minerals such as metals to make foils and wires.

3. Kapok fibre - Wikipedia

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   Kapok fibers can be used as fill for pillows, quilts and other bedding, upholstery, and soft toys. It is also good thermal and acoustic insulation. [3] [1] [5] Kapok was used as a filling for life jackets because of its low density, due to the air-filled lumen and low wetting. After extended immersion in water, the buoyancy is only slightly ...

4. Hessian fabric - Wikipedia

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   Rug making on hessian Look up hessian , burlap , or crocus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hessian ( UK : / ˈ h ɛ s i ə n / , US : / ˈ h ɛ ʃ ə n / [ 1 ] ), burlap in North America, [ 2 ] or crocus in Jamaica [ 3 ] and the wider Caribbean, is a woven fabric made of vegetable fibres , usually the skin of the jute plant [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ...

5. Coir - Wikipedia

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   Coir (/ ˈ k ɔɪər /), also called coconut fibre, is a natural fibre extracted from the outer husk of coconut, [1] and used in products such as floor mats, doormats, brushes, and mattresses. Coir is the fibrous material found between the hard, internal shell and the outer coat of a coconut.

6. Textile - Wikipedia

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   Rayon is a classified as a semi-synthetic fiber, made with natural polymers. Monomers are the building blocks of polymers. Polymers in fibers are of two types: additive or condensation. Natural fibers, such as cotton and wool, have a condensation polymer type, whereas synthetic fibers can have either an additive or a condensation polymer type.

7. Carpet - Wikipedia

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   One of the Ardabil Carpets A small rug. A carpet is a textile floor covering typically consisting of an upper layer of pile attached to a backing. The pile was traditionally made from wool, but since the 20th century synthetic fibers such as polypropylene, nylon, or polyester have often been used, as these fibers are less expensive than wool.