Difference between revisions of "Natural fiber"

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A class of fibers that includes all non-synthetic fibers. Natural fibers are generally separated into three groups based on origin:

natural fibers; natural fibre (Br.); fibre naturelle (Fr.);fibra natural (Esp.); natuurlijke vezel (Ned);

Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Dictionary of Fiber & Textile Technology (older version called Man-made Fiber and Textile Dictionary, 1965), Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Charlotte NC, 1990

Rosalie Rosso King, Textile Identification, Conservation, and Preservation, Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ, 1985

Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, Phyllis G.Tortora, Robert S. Merkel (eds.), Fairchild Publications, New York City, 7th edition, 1996

Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000

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 A class of fibers that includes all non-synthetic fibers. Natural fibers are generally separated into three groups based on origin:
-) [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cellulose%20fiber plant fiber]: [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cotton cotton], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=linen linen], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=jute jute], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=abaca abaca].
+) [[cellulose%20fiber|plant fiber]]: [[cotton|cotton]], [[linen|linen]], [[jute|jute]], [[abaca|abaca]].
-) [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=animal%20fiber animal fiber]: [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=wool wool], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=silk silk], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=fur fur].
+) [[animal%20fiber|animal fiber]]: [[wool|wool]], [[silk|silk]], [[fur|fur]].
-) [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=mineral%20fiber mineral fiber]: [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=asbestos asbestos], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=graphite%20fiber graphite], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=quartz%20fiber quartz].
+) [[mineral%20fiber|mineral fiber]]: [[asbestos|asbestos]], [[graphite%20fiber|graphite]], [[quartz%20fiber|quartz]].
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