Quality Evaluation of Ethiopian 100% Cotton Carded Ring Spun Yarn with Respect to USTER Standards

Table 2

Characteristics for cotton lint.

Spinning mill code	Cotton origin	Lot number	L (mm)	Str (g/tex)	Micronaire	Mat ratio
A0	Lu	19	25.75	25.08	4.39	0.85
		21	24.22	25.31	4.34	0.81
		22	25.57	24.44	4.28	0.84
		25	24.87	23.15	4.21	0.83
		26	22.92	19.99	4.16	0.82
		29	22.61	24.28	3.85	0.73
		31	24.20	20.81	4.05	0.80
		33	25.33	22.00	4.41	0.85
		35	24.26	23.02	4.27	0.77
		36	23.67	21.98	3.65	0.73
		37	23.39	23.56	4.28	0.82
		Mean	24.25	23.53	4.17	0.80
B3	W	39	21.7342	25.7	4.06	0.86
		64	23.4425	29.2	3.86	0.85
		Mean	22.666	27.45	3.96	0.855
A2	M	42	25.6576	28.6	4.03	0.85
		27	24.0448	29.8	3.96	0.85
		Mean	24.8467	29.2	3.995	0.85
K3	M	49	29.10	23.00	4.50
	WE	30	28.20	21.00	4.50	0.85
	A A	28	28.80	20.00	4.60	0.85
	YO	44	28.70	20.00	4.50	0.85
	YO	65	29.40	24.00	4.40	0.85
	YO	69	28.80	21.0	4.30	0.85
	YO	68	27.70	22.00	4.40	0.85
	YO	72	29.30	23.00	4.50	0.85
	Nh	19	29.30	23.00	4.50	0.85
		Mean	28.81	21.89	4.47	0.85
A4	A	4	29.12	22.4	4.24	0.85
		14	28.88	22.1	4.35	0.85
		21	29.40	23.2	4.28	0.84
		35	28.96	23.8	4.61	0.86
		Mean	29.09	22.87	4.37	0.85

L = length, Str = strength, SFC = short fibre content, Mat = maturity.