The Causticaire Method for Measuring Cotton-Fiber Maturity and Fineness: Improvement and Evaluation

Robert W. Webb and Burley, Samuel T.,

No 309971, Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program

Abstract: Excerpts from the report: Percentage of mature fibers in a sample of cotton, as a measure of fiber maturity, has constituted the weakest link in cotton-fiber technology for many years. The use of the generally recognized standard method for determining that measure of fiber maturity constitutes the bottleneck in most cotton-fiber research and testing programs of today. All evidence available at present indicates that the development of the new Causticaire method of test for evaluating cotton-fiber maturity and fiber fineness constitutes a notable step forward in fiber technology. The Causticaire method is, by principle and operation, unique in that only a combination of Micronaire readings for raw cotton (untreated) and the same cotton treated with sodium hydroxide (40 Tw) is required for deriving the two measures of cotton-fiber maturity and fineness.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 74
Date: 1953-12
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309971

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