Suitability of Nettle Fiber for Textile Production

IntroductionNettle is a perennial root herd plant of Urticaceaefamily . There are 16 species of Urtica growing in China and6 of them growing in the Northen and Southwesten Chineseprovinces of Xinjiang , Gansu,Sichuan and Shaanxi . Alsointhe Northeast of China nettle abounds as a wild naturalresource . The basts of many Urtica plants stems are rich infibers , which are snowwhite , soft and can be used as atextile materials . The natural harl goods have many specialcharacteristics ,for ins…

Suitability of Nettle Fiber for Textile Production

Nettle plants widely exist in China, but up to now there is no research regarding Chinese nettle fiber properties, especially about its spinnability. This paper has studied the properties of Chinese nettle fiber and its spinnability, The research results show that the average length of nettle fiber is about 34 mm, the nettle fiber fineness ranging from 0. 589 to 0. 769 tex. Nettle fiber has high breaking strength, low breaking extension and high initial modulus. Both the biochemical method and chemical method can meet the requirement of nettle degumming, with the residual being less than 4%. Nettle fiber can be utilised as textile material and can be spun in rotor-spinning machines after well degummed .