Aspects Regarding Romanian Angora Mohair Fibres, Characteristics, Application Fields

Abstract

The tendencies of fashion towards clothes having special comfort characteristics have determined, in the last period, the manufacturers to focus their attention towards a greater usage of natural animal fibres. Usually known under the generic title of noble animal fibres, they present specific characteristics:

The paper presents:

	soft, fluffy handle, bulky;
	superior thermal isolation;
	breathable characteristic, air and humidity permeability, that give to the products containing such fibres an increased degree of comfort in wearing;
	possibility of adjusting to different environmental temperatures, maintaining the thermal equilibrium of the body.

	aspects regarding the main worldwide tendencies of the consumption of noble animal fibres;
	a study of the complex characteristics of Angora mohair type of fibres, obtained for the first time in Romania through an acclimatisation process.

Key Words:

• Romanian mohair fibres
• acclimatised
• characteristics
• processing process
• application fields