Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research

VOLUME. 24 , NUMBER. 1, MARCH 1999

CONTENTS

Polyacrylonitrile, an unusual linear homopolymer with two glass transitions 1
Z Bashir


Interdependence of fibre type and the design of the nozzle of air-jet spinning machine 10
A Basu & W Oxenham


Air-jet texturing of draw-textured yarns 16
V K Kothari & V K Yadav


Influence of fibre length and opening roller speed on physical properties of OE rotor-spun 21
viscose yarns
G K Tyagi, S Dhamija & K R Salhotra


Determination of twist loss in rotor-spun yams 27
K R Salhotra, S Dhamija & V Arora


Mechanical behaviour of jute and polypropylene blended needle-punched fabrics 34
P K Ganguly, S Sengupta & S Samajpati


An unconventional way to incorporate comfort in knitted fabric 41
M S Parmar & S K Srivastava


Theoretical studies on shuttle checking: Part I—Mathematical modelling of checking system 45
P K Hari, K N Gupta, B K Behera & S G Joshi


A new insight into the rheological properties ofalginates and carboxymethyl starches for 49
printing of reactive colours
B N Bandyopadhyay, A K Mukhopadhyay, A V Afini, N R Salaskar & S B Acharekar


Green technology in textile processing: Part III—Eco-friendly dyeing of cotton goods 58
HTDeo&AIWasif


Green technology in textile processing: Part IV—Eco-friendly dyeing of polyester/cotton 64
fabric
H T Deo, A I Wasif, B K Desai & Arindam Chakraborty


Towards right-first-time dyeing of polyester using disperse dyes: Influence of some assignable 70
variables
B Nanda & R R Shukia

Effect of caustic pretreatment at varying tension level on dyeing behaviour of jute, flax and 74
ramie
D P Chattopadhyay, A K Samanta, Renuka Nanda & Sumit Thakur

Short Communication

Raman spectrum of cellulose from cotton 78
Vrindha Viswanathan, T K Gundu Rao & P Bhama lyer

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Indian Journal of Fibre 8c Textile Research
VOLUME 24 , NUMBER 2 , JUNE 1999



CONTENTS


Air-jet texturing of filament feed yarns of different shrinkage potential 81
V K Kothari & V K Yadav


Assessment of yarn hairiness 86
Arindam Basu


Wear characteristics and performance of spinning rings 93
G D Batwal, T L Paradkar & A N Desai



Characterization ofneps in spinning processes 99
A N Desai, R Krishnaswamy & P G Thombare



Air permeability of jute based needle-punched nonwoven fabrics 103
S Sengupta, S Samajpati & P K Ganguly




Influence of tuft constitution on performance properties of hand-woven carpets 111
R K Arora, P C Patni, R S Dhillon & D L Bapna



Evaluation of different methods of solid waste disposal in silk reeling industry 115
V G Halliyal, S B Dandin & T H Somashekar


Sequential bleaching of jute with eco-friendly peracetic acid and hydrogen peroxide 120
D P Chattopadhyay, J K Sharma & R B Chavan


Dyeing of wool cloth with Terminalia bellerica fruit extract 126
M M EI-Zawahry & M M Kamel


Studies on dyeing with natural dyes: Part I—Dyeing ofannato on nylon and polyester 131
M L Gulrajani, Deepti Gupta & S R Maulik


Short Communications


Effect of control roller attachment at taker-in on the efficiency of cotton carding 136
Sheikh Muhammad Nawaz, Babar Shahbaz & Rehan Irshad



Studies on larval feeding of some new insect pests on wool-synthetic blend fabrics 139
Vijay Veer, R S Chauhan & K M Rao


Synthesis and application of metal complex dyes derived from 5-arylazo-4-hydroxy- 142
2-phenylpyridazin-3-one
D W Rangnekar, V R Kanetkar, J V Malanker & G S Shankarling

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