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Developing Ways to Determine the Blending Performance of Multi-Component Fiber Mixtures Part I: The Analytical Approach

Yehia El Mogahzy

ABSTRACT

This paper represents a small part of an extensive study sponsored by Cotton Incorporated and the National Textile Center. In this study, we developed a new integrated analytical and experimental approach for handling the different aspects of fiber blending. In this Part of the study, we discuss the analytical approach. This is based on classifying the blending phenomenon into four basic modes: structural blending, attributive blending, appearance blending, and interactive blending. Structural blending implies the extent of geometrical allocation of different fiber segments within the structural boundaries of the fiber strand. Attributive blending indicates the extent of interaction of different fiber attributes within the characteristic boundaries of the fibrous assembly. Appearance blending describes the extent of homogenization of color or component apparent intensity in the fiber assembly. Interactive blending implies the interaction between different fiber components during the blending process. The concepts underlying the analyses of these different blending modes are discussed.





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