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  2. Natural fiber - Wikipedia

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    Further, unlike glass fibers, natural fibers can be broken down by bacteria once they are no longer used. Natural fibers are good water absorbents and can be found in various textures. Cotton fibers made from the cotton plant, for example, produce fabrics that are light in weight, soft in texture, and which can be made in various sizes and colors.

  3. List of textile fibres - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. African textiles - Wikipedia

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    Raphia fiber from dried stripped leaves of raphia palm was commonly used in West Africa and Central Africa since it is widely available in countries with grasslands like Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria. Cotton fibers from the kapok tree has been extensively used by the Dagomba to produce long strips of fibre to make the Ghanaian smock.

  5. Category:Fibers - Wikipedia

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    Natural and synthetic fibers used to make products such as textiles, rope, thread and paper. Natural fibers are an integral part of the cytoskeleton of cells and are also found in abundance in the extracellular matrix .

  6. Glass fiber - Wikipedia

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    Glass fiber (or glass fibre) is a material consisting of numerous extremely fine fibers of glass. Glassmakers throughout history have experimented with glass fibers, but mass manufacture of glass fiber was only made possible with the invention of finer machine tooling.

  7. Glossary of textile manufacturing - Wikipedia

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    Tactel is the brand name of a man-made fiber made from nylon. taffeta Taffeta is a type of fabric, often used for fancy dresses. tapestry Tapestry is a form of textile art. It is woven by hand on a weaving-loom. The chain thread is the carrier in which the coloured striking thread is woven. In this way, a colourful pattern or image is created.

  8. See how luxurious alpaca fibers are created - AOL

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    Millions of alpaca roam the hills of Peru, where 80% of the luxurious fibers around the world come from.

  9. Medical textiles - Wikipedia

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    Natural fibers such as cotton, silk, and viscose (a regenerated cellulosic fiber) are used in hygiene and healthcare products, as well as non-implantable materials. Polyester, nylon, polypropylene, glass, and carbon are all examples of synthetic fibers used in Medical textiles.