How to quickly distinguish between artificial cotton and pure cotton?

THE CONCEPT AND CHARACTERISTICSS OF ARTIFICIAL COTTON

WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL COTTON?

Rayon cotton is the common name of viscose fiber. Viscose fiber refers to A-cellulose extracted from cellulose 

raw materials such as wood and plant soup, or cotton wool as raw material, processed into spinning stock, and 

then wet spinning made of artificial fiber.

CHARACTERISTICS OF RAYON COTTON

The characteristics of artificial cotton are good dyeability, high brightness and fastness, comfortable wearing, dilute 

alkali resistance, moisture absorption and cotton close. The disadvantages are no acid resistance, poor resilience 

and fatigue resistance, and low wet mechanical strength It can be spun pure or blended with chemical fibers such 

as polyester.

THE CONCEPT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF PURE COTTON

WHAT IS PURE COTTON?

Pure cotton fabric is a textile made of cotton, which is interwoven by the warp and weft yarn through the loom. At 

present, according to the actual processed cotton sources, it is divided into native cotton fabrics and recycled cotton 

fabrics.

PURE COTTON CHARACTER

1) Cotton fiber has good hygroscopicity

Under normal circumstances, cotton fiber can absorb water to the surrounding atmosphere, its moisture content is 

8%- 10%, so when the human skin contact, feel soft and comfortable. If the humidity of the cotton fiber increases 

and the surrounding temperature is higher, all the water of the cotton fiber will evaporate. Keeping the cotton fabric 

level also makes people feel comfortable.

2) Cotton fabric has good heat resistance

At the same time, at 110 degrees Celsius, it will only cause the moisture on the fabric to evaporate, and will not 

damage the fiber, so the cotton fiber is used at room temperature, and washing will not affect the fabric. The heat 

resistance also improves the durability and washable properties of cotton fabrics.

3) Cotton fiber has strong resistance to alkali

In alkali solution, cotton fiber will not be destroyed, reflecting the alkali resistance of cotton fiber. Therefore, it is 

conducive to the washing of pollution and disinfection of impurities after use.

4) Cotton fiber also reflects health

Cotton fiber is a natural fiber, its main components are natural pigments and a small amount of waxy substances and 

nitrogen, fruit gum, after testing and practice, cotton fiber and skin contact without any stimulation and side effects, long-term 

use is beneficial to the human body harmless, its health performance is good.

EIGHT DIFFERENT METHODS BETWEEN ARTIFICIAL COTTON AND 

PURE COTTON

The appearance of artificial cotton is very similar to cotton, and the difference is mainly carried out from the following 

points:

Degree of finish

Artificial cotton cloth, flat cloth, few yarn defects, no impurities, fine clean and smooth; The surface of cotton can be 

seen cotton shell, impurities, etc., the finish is not as good as artificial cotton.

Yarn evenness

Rayon cotton yarn strips dry evenly, yarn defects are few; The pure cotton yarn is not as uniform as the rayon cotton, 

especially the coarse cloth is more obvious.

Hand feeling

Artificial cotton regardless of the thickness of the fabric, feel mostly soft, and cotton slightly rough feeling.

Colour and lustre

The luster and color of artificial cotton are good, compared with cotton, artificial cotton is more bright and beautiful.

Crease property

Artificial cotton is easy to wrinkle, when the hand holds a handful of cloth, spread, there are a lot of wrinkles, it is not easy 

to recover in time, although the cotton has wrinkles, but slightly than artificial cotton.

drapability

Artificial cotton drape better, cotton drape is not as good as artificial cotton.

Brute force

The strength of artificial cotton is lower than that of cotton, especially in a humid environment, the fastness of artificial 

cotton is poor, when compared from the edge of the cloth, stretching, artificial cotton is easier to break than cotton silk, 

therefore, the texture of artificial cotton is mostly thicker, not as light as pure cotton hemp.

Burning

Artificial cotton is close to the flame, burning quickly, just like we burn plastic, black smoke and curling melt, the lower 

the cotton content, the stronger the gelatine. Cotton is close to the flame and does not shrink or melt. Contact flame

burning quickly, flame orange, blue smoke. Leave the flame, continue to burn, burning paper smell less ash, linear. The 

dust is fine and soft, light gray, easy to turn into powder by hand.