An evaluation of the physical attributes of dehaired cashmere and cashmere tops available to commercial spinners was completed. Testing the physical attributes of cashmere from China (including Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang Autonomous Region), Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Australia, New Zealand, and the USA was followed by statistical analyses based on factors of Origin, processor and other determinants. The analyses demonstrated that commercial lots of cashmere (dehaired and tops) from different Origins and processors showed important variations in fibre attributes including softness (fibre curvature and resistance to compression), fibre diameter and fibre length. The analysis was able to differentiate cashmere from different Origins on the basis of fibre diameter, fibre curvature and resistance to compression. Cashmere samples tested from new Origins such as Australia was softer and longer than samples tested from traditional Origins of cashmere.
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