Natural Fibers
Organic							Inorganic
Plant				Animal			Rock	Metal
Seed	Bast	Leaf	Fruit	Hair	Wool	Silk	Rock	Metal
Cotton (CO)	Flax (LI)	Abaca (AB)	Coconut (CC)	Camel (WK)	Wool (WO)	Silk (SE)	Asbestos (AS)	Metal (MTF)
Kapok ()	Hemp (HA)			Alpaca (WP)		Tussah (ST)
Akund()	Jute (JU)			Lama (WL)
	Bamboo (BAM)			Angora Mohair (WM)
				Cashmere (WS)
				Horse Hair (HS)
				Angora Rabbit (WA)

Synthetic Fibers
Organic				Inorganic
Natural			Synthetic
Cellulose Origin	Protein Origin
Cellulose Origin	From Plant	From Animals
Viscose (CV)	Soybean (SPF)	Casein ()	Acylic (PAN)	Glass (GF)
Modal (MD)	Alginate (ALG)	Polylactic Acid (PLA)	Polyethylene (PE)	Carbon (CF)
Lyocell (CLY)	Corn ()		Polypropylene (PP)	Ceramic (GEF)
	Peanut ()		Polyester (PET)
			Modacrylic (MAC)
			Elasthane (EL)
			Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
			Polyamide 6 (PA 6)
			Polyamide 6.6 (PA 6.6)
			Aramide (AR)

Akund

General
Akund derives from Calotropis Gigantea plant.
It is grown in South Asia and Africa.
It is a promising fiber as a textile.

Applications
Akund fiber surface is very smooth; therefore it is used by mixing with kapok.
It is used for web, rope, bag and paper production.

Functions
Akund is yellow and its length changes from 2 to 4cm.
Moisture content of the fiber is 13.8%.

Specifications
Glace
Moisture absorber
Renewable
Biodegredable

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