Month: December 2013
The fibre is light, very buoyant, resilient and resistant to water. The process of harvesting and separating the fibre is labour-intensive and manual. It is difficult to spin but is used as an alternative to…
Kapok oil absorbent fiber asA natural vegetable fiber kapok (Ceiba petandra ) , assessed its viability as a filter to separate mixed liquids such as mixtures of oil / water. Two types of oils ,…
Before the cotton ready to be used to fill mattresses , pillows , bolsters and so on , kapok need to undergo several stages of processing . Here are the stages of cotton processing is…
Kapok ( Ceiba pertandra Gaertn of family Bombacaceae ) or kapok ( Sunda / Java ) and kapo ( Madura ) is commonly grown in the coastal areas and lands with a height of 700…
Kapok fiber is one of the natural fiber that grows cellulostic on cotton crops . It has a hollow body and tail sealed , which is a desirable feature of this natural candidates for functional…
Kapok finds use in bedding and upholstery industries, in the production of life-saving equipment, and in the construction of thermally insulated and soundproof covers and walls. On account of its buoyancy, freedom from water-logging and…