Quality Improvement of Dumba Fleece Using Dehairing Technique and Value Addition of Recovered Wool

The wool of Dumba fleece is an admixture of fine wool and coarse hairy fibers. (Tomer, ) The use of the slow speed carding machinerecovers fine wool fibers accounts 19.6% of fleece weight. The mean fiber diameter and medullation of recovered wool are 23.2 µm and 14.0%, respectively. The recovered wo...

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Main Authors: Ajay Kumar, Dinesh Babu Shakyawar, Nehru Lal Meena, Syed Mohammed Khursheed Naqvi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-04-01
Series:Journal of Natural Fibers
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2020.1784818