AKTU Textile Fibres (BCT303) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech 2nd Year

Course Objectives

• To get aware of various terminologies used in processing of textile fibres.
• To acquire knowledge on cultivation, extraction and grading of various natural textile fibres.
• To acquire knowledge on chemistry of various manmade textile fibres.
• To develop an understanding of structure-property relationship among various textile fibres. Unit (1): Total lectures required = 10 Introduction: Basic definitions related to textile fibres, Classification of textile fibres, Essential & desirable properties of textile fibres, Advantages & disadvantages of Natural and Manmade fibres, Concepts of Molecular weight, Degree of polymerization, Orientation and Crystallinity, Characteristics of fibre forming polymer. Unit (2): Total lectures required = 10 Cotton: Cultivation and harvesting, Varieties of cotton, Chemical and morphological structure, Physical and chemical properties of cotton fibre, Formation of hydrocellulose and oxy-cellulose. Jute: Cultivation, Retting and extraction process, Chemical and morphological structure, Physical and chemical properties of jute fibre. Unit (3): Total lectures required = 10 Wool: Types of wool and it’s grading, Chemical and morphological structure, Physical & chemical properties of wool fibre. Silk: Types of silk and its production, Chemical and morphological structure of silk, Silk weighting, Degumming of silk, Physical & chemical properties of silk. Unit (4): Total lectures required = 10 Introduction to Melt Spinning, Chemistry of production of Polyester fibre, Chemistry of production of Nylon 6 and Nylon 66 fibre. Unit (5): Total lectures required = 8 Introduction to Solution Spinning, Chemistry of production of Viscose fibre, Chemistry of production of Poly-Acylonitrile fibre, Introduction to spandex and lyocell fibre. Text Books and Reference material:

1. WE Morton & JWS Hearle, Physical properties of textile fibres, Textile Institute, U.K.
2. Progress in textiles: Science and technology Vol.-2 by Dr. VK Kothari, IIT Delhi.
3. Hand book of textile fibres by J. Gordon Cook
4. Fibre Science and Technology, S.P. Mishra

Course Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Understand various definitions and technical terms used in processing of textile fibres.
2. Understand various essential and desirable properties of textile grade fibres.
3. Understand the morphology of various natural textile fibres.
4. Understand physical and chemical properties of various textile fibres.
5. Understand chemistry of various manmade textile fibres.