Fabric Knowledge: Analysis And Identification Of Common Fabrics

　　1、 cotton cotton

Cotton has a wide range of uses. It can be used to make fashion, casual wear and underwear. It is a pure natural material with high grade, like wool, silk and hemp. It is more healthy, environmentally friendly, mild and does not irritate the skin. It has good warmth retention, moisture absorption and breathability. The higher the number of cotton fibers, the finer the grade, and the higher the price. However, cotton is prone to shrink and wrinkle, Fortunately, many brands of cotton clothing have been washed and processed, and there is no problem at all.

2. Spandex

The scientific name of spandex is polyurethane elastic fiber. It has good elasticity after spinning with other fibers, and is usually used to manufacture elastic fibers such as underwear, swimwear, jeans, sportswear, etc.

3. Lycra

Lycra elastic fiber is a kind of artificial elastic fiber exclusively invented and produced by DuPont Company. It is not only comfortable to wear and move freely, but also has better stability than ordinary spandex, more durable elasticity, and unique super fold resilience. It is the preferred surface for close fitting clothing.

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4. Modai

Modal is a natural green fiber produced with wood pulp as raw material, and also a new type of fabric. It has silk like luster, soft and comfortable feel, moisture absorption 50% higher than cotton, and good shape retention ability.

5. Nylon

Nylon, also known as nylon, is a synthetic fiber produced in industrial production. Nylon has the characteristics of high strength, good wear resistance and resilience, but the fiber strength will decline when exposed to sunlight for a long time. Therefore, clothes containing nylon fiber should try to avoid exposure to sunlight for a long time.

6. Polyester

Polyester is a kind of synthetic fiber with high strength, good elasticity, wear resistance, heat resistance, smooth surface, corrosion resistance, and very wide use. Different processes can be blended to produce wool like, silk like, linen like, deer skin like fabrics, but polyester clothing should not contact high temperature alkaline substances.

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7. Acrylic

Acrylic fiber, commonly known as "artificial wool", is soft and fluffy, bright in color, excellent in light resistance and mold resistance, but poor in wear resistance, moisture absorption and pollution resistance, and is often used for outdoor clothing, swimwear and children's clothing.

8. Linen

Flax is a natural fiber, soft, cool, fast moisture absorption and dissipation, antistatic, and is the first choice for summer clothing fabrics.

9. Viscose

Viscose fiber is chemically processed from natural fiber. Common viscose fiber can be divided into cotton type, long type and filament type, which are commonly known as artificial cotton, artificial wool and rayon. Viscose fiber can take on different shapes after different textile processing.

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10. Wool

Wool is a high-grade natural fiber with soft and plump feel, good elasticity, strong moisture absorption, good warmth retention and comfortable wearing. Many people think that pure wool is 100% wool, which is incorrect. In order to enhance the durability of the fabric, some polyester or nylon non wool fibers are added, and the specific proportion has a certain range, The price is also lower than 100% wool.

11. Silk

There are many kinds of fabrics woven from silk, which are often used for women's clothing. They are light, soft, smooth, breathable, shiny, noble and elegant, and can be divided into real silk and rayon. The domestic silk adopts a unified product number consisting of five Arabic numerals, and the first digit represents the raw materials used for commercial products; The second digit represents the fabric organization of the commodity, followed by the serial number of the commodity. In front of this digit, capital letters represent the origin of the commodity. The code of silk raw materials: "1" represents real silk, including mulberry silk and mulberry tussah interwoven varieties, double palace silk and mulberry silk with more than 50% mulberry silk; "2" represents synthetic fiber; "3" represents blending of natural fiber and staple fiber; "4" represents tussah silk; "5" stands for rayon; "6" represents the interweaving of more than two kinds of filaments, or the interweaving of filaments and short filaments; "7" represents the quilt cover class.

Origin code of silk products: B is Beijing, C is Sichuan, D is Liaoning, E is Hubei, G is Guangdong, H is Zhejiang, J is Jiangxi, K is Jiangsu, M is Fujian, N is Guangxi, Q is Shaanxi, S is Shanghai, T is Tianjin, V is Henan, W is Anhui, X is Hunan.