Identification of textile fibers

Textile Palm Fibers from Amazon Biome

“…Near the 1750 cm -1 band there is an area which indicates the presence of carbonyl group (C=O). The angular deformation between 3339 and 3564 cm -1 indicates the presence of hydroxyl groups which, in the cellulose chain are able to interact with each other, forming hydrogen bonds of two types: intramolecular (between the hydroxyl groups of the same chain), which are responsible for the stiffness of the chains, and intermolecular (between the hydroxyl groups of adjacent chains) are responsible for the formation of the supramolecular structure [36]. Thus, by FTIR analysis, considering the similarities and differences between the spectra (Figure 3 and Table 5), denoting different compositions and/or molecular structures and the presence of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin in the fibers analyzed in present study.…”

Fibres and Textiles

“…If a product is identified on a care label as containing a fibre by its trade name, then clearly that trade name should be used in any report; otherwise the generic name should be used. Fibre identification is the subject of many standard texts and articles (Luniak, 1953;The Textile Institute, 1975;Hearle et al, 1998;Robertson and Grieve, 1999;Carr et al, 2008;Houck, 2009).…”

Animal fibre use in the Keriya valley (Xinjiang, China) during the Bronze and Iron Ages: A proteomic approach

“…The morphological observation of animal fibres by optical and scanning electron microscopy normally permits specialists to clearly separate animal families. To achieve this, they focus on different parameters, such as the colour and diameter of the fibre, the morphology of the scales, and the structure of the medulla (Houck, 2010;Thomas et al, 2012;Rast-Eicher, 2016). However, alteration of the fibre due to diagenesis can make these techniques inapplicable to archaeological remains.…”