Different types of test standards are followed to measure the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of textile materials … Read more

Principles of Tensile Testing:  There are three ways to carry out the tensile test: 1 . Constant rate of extension (CR… Read more

Elastic and plastic behaviour during tensile loading: when the material is subjected to the tensile force, initially material s… Read more

Working Principles: A transmission electron microscope fires a beam of electrons through a specimen to produce a magnified im… Read more

Working Principles: Produces images of a sample by scanning the surface with a focused beam of electrons. Electrons from the b… Read more

Working Principles: X-rays are collimated and directed onto the sample. As the sample and detector are rotated, the intensit… Read more

To evaluate how something works under certain established methods or  test standards .  Textile testing  is to check its proper… Read more

Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) is an analytical technique used to identify organic (and in some cases inorgani… Read more

Raman spectroscope is one of the popular characterisation tools for textile testing especially textile materials characterisat… Read more

Textile testing is done to ensure a certain level of quality and to do so different types of pieces of equipment, principles o… Read more

The true representative of the bulk or population is termed as a sample and the process of selecting a sample is called the sam… Read more

Zoning technique: When bulk is not homogeneous, a number of sub-samples must be taken at random from different places in the bu… Read more

To evaluate how something works under certain established methods or test standards . Textile testing is to check its properti… Read more

Moisture equilibrium: It is the condition reached by a material when it no longer takes up moisture from or gives up moisture … Read more

The moisture content of cotton makes significant changes in the physical properties of cotton and hence moisture content has t… Read more

Moisture Regain: Moisture regain is defined as the amount of water (or moisture) expressed as the percentage of oven-dry weigh… Read more

Laboratory conditions for testing fibres, yarns and fabrics in which air temperature and relative humidity are mainta… Read more

Fabric samples from warp and weft are taken separately as their properties vary substantially along warp and weft. Identify a… Read more