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What is the meaning of cotton

Cotton, that is, 100% cotton

Cotton: (seed fiber) can be said to be the world's most widely used clothing fiber.

Cotton clothes on the skin without stimulation, sweat, soft and comfortable, not static electricity, and more flexible. And chemical fiber and so on, although the wash is not shrinkage is not easy to deform the color, but there is a certain stimulation of the skin, some skin sensitive pores easily inflamed people are not suitable to wear, static electricity is very large, summer wear chemical fiber is not too breathable, not absorb sweat is hot, so the best close to the clothing is cotton, and other fabrics are generally used to do the jacket and so on not close to the clothing. And cotton is the most widely used fabric

Distinguish cotton mainly the following methods: look at the feel, 1, cotton cloth: cloth surface gloss and soft, soft touch, less elastic, easy to wrinkle. Hand pinch the fabric after loosening, visible wrinkles, and the crease is not easy to restore the original shape. From the edge of the cloth out of a few warp and weft yarn twisted to watch, the fiber length is not the same.

2, viscose cotton cloth (including rayon, rich fiber cloth): soft and bright fabric luster, bright colors, smooth and clean, soft to the touch, less elastic. Hand pinch the fabric after loosening, visible visible creases, and creases are not easy to restore the original state.

3, polyester-cotton fabric: glossy bright cotton fabric, cloth surface flat, clean, no yarn or impurities. Feel smooth, firm, elasticity is better than cotton. Hand pinch the fabric after loosening, the crease is not obvious, and easy to restore the original state.

With burning, close to the flame, does not shrink or melt. Contact with the flame, rapid burning, flame orange, blue smoke. Leave the flame, continue to burn. Burning paper tastes less ash, was thread-like. The ash is fine and soft, light gray, hand touch easy to become powder.