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The behavior of spiral angle ϕ and the angle of crystallite dispersion α of normal cottons with stress
Author(s) -
Kalyanaraman A. R.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1985.070300920
Subject(s) - crystallite , materials science , amorphous solid , helix (gastropod) , dispersion (optics) , fiber , spiral (railway) , stress (linguistics) , composite material , crystallography , optics , chemistry , physics , mathematics , ecology , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy , snail , metallurgy , biology
It is well known that the cotton fiber consists of microfibrils which in turn do have crystalline and amorphous regions. The crystallites are arranged in the form of helices, and with stress the helical configuration changes. This paper examines the configurational changes that occur in the helix and makes it clear that the amorphous regions of the microfibrils are the source of these changes.