--- EGYPTIAN COTTON SPECIFICTION ---

 

 

Cotton Specification

physical Fiber properties of Egyptian   

cotton varieties
measured by HVI and Micromat
2006/ 2007 season to 3/03/2007

 

 

 

 

 

variety & property

Extra Long Staple

Long Staple

Giza
45

Giza
70

Giza 87

Giza 88

Giza 86

Giza 89

Giza 85

Giza 80

Giza 90

Length

upper half mean       mm    
uniformity                Index

34.8
86.6

34.5
86.2

34.7
86.9

35.1
87.5

32.1
86.2

31.4
85.6

29.3
84.9

30.7
85.1

28.6
83.2

Strength

Strength                   g/tax
Elongation                   %

42.8
6.3

43.1
5.7

43.6
5.8

45.2
5.7

43.9
5.8

39.8
6.1

37.3
7.2

38.4
6.9

34.8
7.3

Fineness

Micronaire              u/inch

3.06

4.24

3.25

4.05

4.41

4.37

3.52

4.38

4.07

Color

Reflectance              Rd%
Yellowness                +b

74.1
9.3

71.8
9.4

75.3
9.1

67.1
11.7

76.0
8.6

74.9
7.8

75.4
8.7

64.2
12.4

66.3
11.7

Trash

Trash Area                %
Trash Count

0.6
44

0.7
37

0.5
29

0.5
27

0.5
19

0.5
30

0.5
33

0.7
48

0.7
43

Micro mat

Maturity                      %
Hair-Weight          millitex

78
113

86
155

85
113

86
145

88
162

87
157

82
128

81
176

88
148

SCI

Spinning Consistency index

214

200

217

212

199

182

176

168

148

Number of Samples

126

1318

368

1384

9268

451

598

1397

2353