UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BHT301

Textile Fibers

L-T-P3-1-0 Credits4 Session2023-24 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Handloom & Textile Technology · Sem 3 (Core)

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Syllabus

5 units · 60 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1

12 hrs

Introduction: Definitions of: Textile Fiber, staple, filament, coarser & finer fiber, monomer, polymer, and co-polymer. Classification of Textile Fibers; Essential & Desirable Properties of Textile Fibers; Advantages & Disadvantages of Natural and Manmade Fibers. Concepts of: Molecular Weight, Degree of Polymerization, Orientation and Crystallinity, Characteristics of Fiber Forming Polymer.

Unit2

Unit 2

12 hrs

Natural Cellulosic Fibers: Cotton- Introduction, Morphology, Polymer System, Physical and Chemical Properties, and its Applications. Jute- Retting and Fiber Extraction Process, Properties of Jute Fiber and its Applications, Flax- Extraction Process, Properties of Flex Fiber and Applications. Banana- Physical, chemical characteristics and its Applications. Mudar- Introduction, Properties and its Applications.

Unit3

Unit 3

12 hrs

Protein fibers: Silk- Verities of Silk, Life Cycle of Silk worm, Structure of Silk Fiber and its Characteristics, Silk Polymer System, Chemical and Physical Properties of Silk and its Applications. Wool - Morphology, Polymer System, Complex Structure of Wool, Chemical and Physical Properties of wool and its Applications.

Unit4

Unit 4

12 hrs

Manmade Fiber Production Techniques: Principle of Manmade Fiber Production, Wet Spinning, Dry Spinning, Melt Spinning. Regenerated Fibers: Viscose- Manufacturing Process, Microscopic Appearance of Viscose, Polymer System, Physical, Thermal, Chemical properties and its Applications. Lyocell- Manufacturing Process, Physical, Thermal, Chemical Properties and its Applications. Cuprammonium & Polynosic- Manufacturing Process, Physical, Thermal, Chemical Properties and its Applications.

Unit5

Unit 5

12 hrs

Synthetic Fibers: Polyester, Nylon-6 & Nylon-66, Acrylic- Manufacturing Process, Polymer System, Fiber Morphology, Chemical, Physical, Thermal Properties and its Applications. High Performance Fibers- Introduction and Application of Aramid, Nomex, Kevlar and Teflon Fiber. Post Spinning Operations- Drawing, Heat Setting and Texturing. Recent Development in Polymeric High Performance Fibers.

Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1To know about the classification and molecular structurer of Textile Fiber.
  2. CO2To know about the concept of different cellulosic4 fibers and their properties.
  3. CO3To know about different protein fibers, their properties and applications.
  4. CO4To know about different regenerated fibers, their properties and applications.
  5. CO5To know about the production techniques of different Synthetic Fibers, their properties and applications.

Text Books

  1. Fibre Science and Technology, S.P. Mishra.
  2. Textile science, E.P.G. Gohl, L.D. Vilensky, , Longman Cheshire Pty Limited, 1980
  3. Technology of Textile Processing Vol. 1 Textile Fibers, Prof. V. A. Shenai.

References

  1. W. E. Morton & JWS Hearle, Physical properties of textile fibres, Textile Institute, U.K.
  2. Progress in textiles: Science and technology Vol.-2 by Dr. VK Kothari, IIT Delhi.
  3. Hand book of textile fibres by J. Gordon Cook.
  4. https://archive.nptel.ac.in/courses/116/102/116102026/

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 4, 5 of the original AKTU PDF.

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