The Difference between Natural Fiber and Man Made Fiber

The Difference between Natural Fiber and Man Made Fiber 

Noor Ahmed Raaz
Specialized in Apparel Manufacturing
Owner and Editor in Chief Textile Merchandising
Asst. Prof., Department of Textile Engineering
Atish Dipankar University of Science & Technology
Email: mnnabi@adust.edu.bd

Textile Fiber:

A textile fiber has some characteristics such as consist fibrous structure and length is a thousand times higher than its width or diameter and can be spun into yarn, is suitable for weaving or knitting and easily colored by suitable dye stuff. There are different types of fibers, but all of are not textile fibers. To become a textile fiber, it must have some fundamental properties and characteristics.

Natural Fiber:

Generally, we know that the fiber that comes from nature is known as natural fiber. Mainly natural fiber is found from cellulose, protein and minerals. Natural fibers are classified three ways cellulosic, protein and mineral. The origin of cellulosic (Cotton, sisal fiber, bamboo, bast, ramie, hemp, hemi, kenaf, etc.) is vegetable, protein (Lamb wool, silk, mulberry, horse hair, etc.) is an animal (Lamb wool, silk, mulberry, horse hair, etc.) and mineral (asbestos).

Natural Fiber (Cotton)

Man Made Fiber:

Man-made fiber is a synthetic fiber which is made by a polymerization process in the factory. But any man-made fibers such as viscose, rayon, etc. are made from natural fibers which are called regenerated man-made fiber. Man-made fibers are classified in two ways. There are organic (Viscose, acetate, acrylic etc.) and inorganic (Glass, metal, carbon, etc.) The form of man-made fiber is produced in three types-

1. Filament
2. Staple
3. Filament tow.
   

   Synthetic fibers cone

1. Filament:

Filament fibers are spun from spinnerets with 350 holes or less is determined by the size of the yarn to be made. The number of holes in the spinneret determines the no of filaments in the yarn Filaments are of two types such as mono filament and multi filament.

2. Staple fiber:

Staple fiber is of limited and relatively short length. Staple fibers are made from filaments which are spun from large spinnerets with as many as 3000 holes. The length of the staple fiber depends on its use. Staple fiber is a unit of matter which is usually at least 100 times longer than its thick.

3. Filament Tow:

The product of 100 or more spinnerets is collected into a large rope of fibers called Tow. This rope or tow is crimped and then made in staple by cutting or breaking.

Difference between Natural Fiber and Synthetic Fiber:

The difference between natural fiber and man-made fiber is as follows-

Noor Ahmed Raaz

Mohammad Noor Nabi, known by his author name Noor Ahmed Raaz, is a PhD Fellow at Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX) and the Founder & Editor of Textile Merchandising. He is also an Assistant Professor and Chairman of the Textile Engineering Department at a renowned university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His research focuses on textile innovation and sustainability. Awarded the Research & Development Fellowship twice from the Ministry of Science & Technology in Bangladesh, Noor Ahmed Raaz is dedicated to advancing textile engineering through education, research, and industry collaboration. For inquiries or collaborations, contact Noor Ahmed Raaz via email at textilemerchandising1@gmail.com or WhatsApp at +8801673758271.