--- 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