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Animal fibers are natural fibers that consist largely of certain proteins. Examples include silk, hair/fur (including wool) and feathers. The animal fibers used most commonly both in the manufacturing world as well as by the hand spinners are wool from domestic sheep and silk. Also very popular are alpaca fiber and mohair from Angora goats.
Animal fibers generally comprise proteins such as collagen, keratin and fibroin; examples include silk, sinew, wool, catgut, angora, mohair and alpaca. Animal hair (wool or hairs): Fiber or wool taken from animals or hairy mammals. e.g. sheep's wool, goat hair (cashmere, mohair), alpaca hair, horse hair, etc.
Textile fibres or textile fibers (see spelling differences) can be created from many natural sources (animal hair or fur, cocoons as with silk worm cocoons), as well as semisynthetic methods that use naturally occurring polymers, and synthetic methods that use polymer-based materials, and even minerals such as metals to make foils and wires.
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Natural and synthetic fibers used to make products such as textiles, rope, ... Animal hair products (3 C, 26 P) Asbestos (3 C, 71 P) B. Basket weaving (3 C, 25 P) F.
the average diameter of the fiber of such wool product does not exceed 19 microns; and; such wool product does not contain more than 3 percent (by weight) of cashmere fibers with average diameters that exceed 30 microns. the average fiber diameter may be subject to a coefficient of variation around the mean that shall not exceed 24 percent. [10]
Chiengora is now considered a luxury fiber along with mohair, cashmere (goat hair), and angora (rabbit hair)." [ 4 ] It was later the subject of a paper from the Department of Fashion Technology at the PSG College of Technology in India titled "Analysis of physical and thermal properties of chiengora fibers". [ 5 ]
Angora rabbits produce coats in a variety of colours, from white through tan, grey, and brown to black. Good quality Angora fibre is around 12–16 micrometres in diameter, and can cost as much as US$0.35–$0.56 per gram ($10–$16/oz). It felts very easily, even on the animal itself if it is not groomed frequently.