When we are shopping for fabrics, we often see long-staple cotton as a fabric in the product description. Long-staple cotton fabric, more expensive than cotton fabric. Today we will start to explore the source, what is long-staple cotton fabric? And what advantages it has to make its price high?
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History of Long Staple Cotton
China has been growing cotton for about 2,000 years. It was also the first country in the world to produce cotton in large quantities.
Long-staple cotton, native to South America, was introduced to the southeastern coastal islands of North America. After liberation, China from abroad to plant in Hebei (Xingtai; Hengshui; Handan), Shandong (part), Xinjiang Turpan Basin, Tarim Basin, have been successful. The main producing areas for long-staple cotton. Long-staple cotton of excellent quality, the quality indicators are more than the national standard. Turpan area is particularly good. Its fibre is long and soft, white and shiny, good elasticity. The fineness of the new sea cotton than the general long-staple cotton more than 1000 grams / metre.
Long-staple cotton is the domestic and even the world’s top products, high-grade home textiles, clothing and other key raw materials. With people’s pursuit of high quality of life, long-staple cotton is a large number of home textile production. To a large extent to meet the people for the pursuit of high quality.
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CHENGE RONG MIAN
Long-staple cotton has a long growing period and requires a lot of heat. In the same heat conditions, long-staple cotton growing period than ordinary land cotton 10-15 days longer.
Long-staple cotton quality, long and soft fibres. General 33-39 mm, the longest up to 64 mm; fineness 7000-8500 m / g, width 15-16 microns; high strength, 4-5 g / root, breaking length of 33-40 km; turn more curved, 80-120 / cm. In fineness and strength are much higher than ordinary cotton, making it softer.
There are some hybrid varieties with sea island cotton as the mother and land cotton as the father. The fibres are longer, but the fineness and strength do not reach the index of sea island cotton, commonly known as land long-staple cotton.
This is the end of the science of long-staple cotton, the next article on the advantages of long-staple cotton.