Van der Sluijs, MHJHunter, Lawrance2018-06-182018-06-182018-05Van der Sluijs, M.H.J. and Hunter, L. 2018. Cotton contamination. Textile Progress, vol. 49(3): 137-1710040-5167https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00405167.2018.1437008https://doi.org/10.1080/00405167.2018.1437008http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10270Copyright: 2018 The Textile Institute. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website.This review focusses on physical forms of contaminant including the presence, prevention and/or removal of foreign bodies, stickiness and seed-coat fragments rather than the type and quantity of chemical residues that might be present in cotton. Contamination in cotton, even if it is a single foreign fibre, can lead to the downgrading of yarn, fabric or garments, or even to the total rejection of an entire batch and can cause irreparable harm to the relationship between growers, ginners, merchants and textile and clothing mills. Contamination thus continues to be a very important cotton fibre quality parameter in the production pipeline, with countries and cotton that are perceived to be contaminated heavily discounted. At the same time, spinners are implementing various methods to detect and eliminate contamination. Given the adverse effect on processing and product quality arising from contamination, it was considered important to compile a review of published work and knowledge relating to the incidence, detection, measurement, consequences and reduction of contamination.enCotton contaminationForeign fibresSeed-coated fragmentsHarvestingGinningSpinningArticleVan der Sluijs, M., & Hunter, L. (2018). Cotton contamination. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10270Van der Sluijs, MHJ, and Lawrance Hunter "Cotton contamination." (2018) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10270Van der Sluijs M, Hunter L. Cotton contamination. 2018; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10270.TY - Article AU - Van der Sluijs, MHJ AU - Hunter, Lawrance AB - This review focusses on physical forms of contaminant including the presence, prevention and/or removal of foreign bodies, stickiness and seed-coat fragments rather than the type and quantity of chemical residues that might be present in cotton. Contamination in cotton, even if it is a single foreign fibre, can lead to the downgrading of yarn, fabric or garments, or even to the total rejection of an entire batch and can cause irreparable harm to the relationship between growers, ginners, merchants and textile and clothing mills. Contamination thus continues to be a very important cotton fibre quality parameter in the production pipeline, with countries and cotton that are perceived to be contaminated heavily discounted. At the same time, spinners are implementing various methods to detect and eliminate contamination. Given the adverse effect on processing and product quality arising from contamination, it was considered important to compile a review of published work and knowledge relating to the incidence, detection, measurement, consequences and reduction of contamination. DA - 2018-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Cotton contamination KW - Foreign fibres KW - Seed-coated fragments KW - Harvesting KW - Ginning KW - Spinning LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2018 SM - 0040-5167 T1 - Cotton contamination TI - Cotton contamination UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10270 ER -