Kapok

Fibre is the fundamental component of textiles and paper goods. It is woven, pressed, or bonded directly into various products including/a r/c5 or undergoes the interim step of being spun into yam. Fibres are commonly characterized by having a length at least 100 times their diameter. There are four distinct fibre categories  

Seeds are one source of vegetable fibres, oils, and protein. Oil-bearing seeds are mechanically squeezed in a seed expeller or the oil is extracted with a solvent leaving behind the pulp and fibre syn. seed cake, oil cake, or meal. Seed cake retains some oils as does the seed expeller. Common seed cakes include cottonseed, peanut, linseed, maize, palm, rape seed, rice bran, soy beans, and sunflower. 

Certain vegetable fibres are mentioned directly in the transportation regulations  

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Uses Abaca Cantala Henequen Sisal Flax Hemp jute Kenaf Ramie Suim Kapok Coir... 

Fibers (see Fibers, survey) used in textile production can have a wide variety of origins plants, ie, ceUulosic fibers (see Fibers, cellulose esters) animals, ie, protein fibers (see Wool) and, in the twentieth century, synthetic polymers. Depending on the part of the plant, the ceUulosic fibers can be classified as seed fibers, eg, cotton (qv), kapok bast fibers, eg, linen from flax, hemp, jute and leaf fibers, eg, agave. Protein fibers include wool and hair fibers from a large variety of mammals, eg, sheep, goats, camels, rabbits, etc, and the cocoon material of insect larvae (sUk). Real sUk is derived from the cocoon of the silkworm, Bombjx mori and for a long time was only produced in China, from which it was traded widely as a highly valuable material. 

FPN No. 2) Easily ignitable fibers and flyings include rayon, cotton (including cotton linters and cotton waste), sisal or henequen, istle, jute, hemp, tow, cocoa fiber, oakum, baled waste kapok, Spanish moss, excelsior, and other materials of similar nature. 

Kaolinite, 2 345t 6 659-664, 686-687, 718 composition in bauxite used for alumina production, 2 346t structure and composition, 6 668 in unit layer mixtures, 6 671 Kaolins, 6 686. See also Kaolin dry process, 6 673-675 estimated total production, 6 683 grades for polymer applications, 6 694t properties relating to applictions, 6 686t uses, 6 686-696 wet process, 6 675-679 Kapok, 11 297... 

Life cycle management (LCM), 14 828 Life cycles, reliability and, 26 992-993 Life preservers, kapok-stuffed, 11 297 Life span, 2 811... 

Plant fibers such as cotton, abaca, agave, flax, hemp, kapok, jute, kenaf, and ramie are still in use but even cotton is no longer king. ... 

Kapok (Java cotton) Ceiba pentandra trees... 

Physical Properties. Bast and leaf libers are stronger thicker tensile strength and modulus of elasticity but lower in elongation (extensibility) titan cotton. Vegetable libers arc stiffer bin less tough than synthetic libers. Kapok and coir are relatively low in strength kapok is known Ibr its buoyancy. 

The principal bast and leaf fibers are produced in yields of 2-5%. with some exceptions such as flax (I Slid and kapok 11 7%). on a green plant basis. Vegetable fiber production on lire world market has dropped 25-3.VJ1 since 1970 because of periods of economic recession and synthetic fiber replacements. Imports of vegetable fibers have dropped 70-90% since... 

Found chiefly in the American tropics, this family is the source of kapok, balsa wood, some ornamental trees, and the popular Asian fruit, durian. 

Kapok (Bombaceae) Cylindrical, empty, no striae Very wide, about ro-30 20-40 (24) Yellow... 

Vavain (= 5,3 -Dihydroxy-7,4, 5 -trimethoxyisoflavone) (isoflavone) Vavain 3 -0-f3-D-glucoside (= 5,3 -Dihydroxy-7,4, 5 - Ceiba pentandra (kapok tree) (Bombacaceae) [bark] COX-1... 

Ceiba pentandra (kapok tree) (Bombacaceae) [bark] COX-1... 

Kapok (Bombax malabaricum, Ceiba pentandra). This name is applied to a number of tropical trees of the bombax family. The oil is a byproduct of kapok fiber production. Its major component acids are palmitic (22%), oleic (21%), and linoleic... 

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