Investigation into a practical approach and application of cotton fiber elongation

Table 6 Average results of single fiber testing by fiber length group

Cotton	Mean length/mm	Elongation/%	Breaking force/cN	Work-to-break/(cN·cm)	Tenacity/(cN·tex⁻¹)	Gravimetric fineness/dtex
38	39.7	11.7	7.4	0.14	52.8^a	1.40^e
	33.4	11.5	6.7	0.12	43.0^b	1.55^d
	27.0	12.0	7.0	0.13	41.9^b	1.66^c
	20.7	11.9	6.4	0.13	36.7^b	1.74^b
	14.3	11.4	7.1	0.14	37.4^b	1.91^a
36	39.7	11.8^ab	5.9	0.11	43.4^a	1.35^e
	33.4	13.0^a	6.2	0.13	42.4^a	1.45^d
	27.0	12.4^ab	6.2	0.13	40.7^ab	1.53^c
	20.7	12.5^ab	5.6	0.12	29.5^c	1.89^a
	14.3	11.0^b	5.6	0.11	35.4^bc	1.59^b
34	33.4	9.3	5.6^ab	0.09	41.6	1.35^d
	27.0	9.4	5.5^ab	0.09	33.8	1.64^a
	20.7	9.0	4.8^b	0.08	35.3	1.37^c
	14.3	8.0	5.4^ab	0.08	37.1	1.47^b
32	33.4	11.5	5.6	0.11	37.0^bc	1.51^b
	27.0	11.1	5.1	0.10	29.4^d	1.72^a
	20.7	11.9	5.2	0.11	39.2^b	1.32^c
	14.3	12.0	5.1	0.10	55.0^a	0.93^d

Means that do not share a letter are significantly different, where no letter is present there are no differences

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