Natural Fibers
Organic							Inorganic
Plant				Animal			Rock	Metal
Seed	Bast	Leaf	Fruit	Hair	Wool	Silk	Rock	Metal
Cotton (CO)	Flax (LI)	Abaca (AB)	Coconut (CC)	Camel (WK)	Wool (WO)	Silk (SE)	Asbestos (AS)	Metal (MTF)
Kapok ()	Hemp (HA)			Alpaca (WP)		Tussah (ST)
Akund()	Jute (JU)			Lama (WL)
	Bamboo (BAM)			Angora Mohair (WM)
				Cashmere (WS)
				Horse Hair (HS)
				Angora Rabbit (WA)

Synthetic Fibers
Organic				Inorganic
Natural			Synthetic
Cellulose Origin	Protein Origin
Cellulose Origin	From Plant	From Animals
Viscose (CV)	Soybean (SPF)	Casein ()	Acylic (PAN)	Glass (GF)
Modal (MD)	Alginate (ALG)	Polylactic Acid (PLA)	Polyethylene (PE)	Carbon (CF)
Lyocell (CLY)	Corn ()		Polypropylene (PP)	Ceramic (GEF)
	Peanut ()		Polyester (PET)
			Modacrylic (MAC)
			Elasthane (EL)
			Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
			Polyamide 6 (PA 6)
			Polyamide 6.6 (PA 6.6)
			Aramide (AR)

Kapok

General
Kapok is obtained from the seed of the kapok tree.
Kapok tree is cultivated in Africa, Mexico, India and Far East.
It doesn't twist on drying and has low cellulose content.
It is diffucult to spun the kapok.

Applications
It's used mostly for pillows, down filling for mattresses, upholstery and toys.

Functions

Specifications

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