Identification:
The following procedure will identify the three standard types of Lurex yarn:
1. Burn yarn sample - butyrate Lurex yarn has a rancid odour.
2. Immerse in isopropyl alcohol - butyrate Lurex (film portion) will dissolve, Lurex MM and Lurex MF are insoluble.
3. Stretch yarn sample - Lurex MM and Lurex MF exhibit a stretch of 120-150%, butyrate Lurex will stretch about 20-30%. The aluminium in Lurex MF fractures (separates) on stretching, the aluminium in Lurex MM does not fracture on stretching.
SUMMARY:
Constantly being designed with new and multiple functionality, it is an exciting time to be a part of the metal fibre industry. Metal fibres can most assuredly help to take textiles into areas they have never been before.
About the Author:
Anita Desai is working as a Senior Lecturer at the Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology since June 1997. She is a B.Tech and an M.Tech from the Government S.K.S.J.T. Institute, Bangalore. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. from the Central Silk Technological Research Institute, Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, Bangalore.
She has to her credit over 30 research and review publications and presentations at both, the national and international level. Her biographical profile has been included in the premier edition of Marquis Who’s Who in Asia – 2007. She can be contacted on: aap_desai@yahoo.co.in
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