Abstract
In this study, an attempt is made to define and estimate cotton fibre-end taper. On the basis of fibre profiles obtained on single fibres and bundles, a few concepts for estimating taper were considered, namely, (i) the variability of the ribbon width or linear density of the fibre along its length, (ii) the length of the thinner part of the fibre with respect to an arbitrarily chosen value, (iii) the angular width of the fibre at its tip, and (iv) the relative linear densities at the two ends with respect to the mid-portion. A critical analysis of the data obtained on seven cottons of varying fibre properties indicates that the taper parameters are dependent on the length group of the fibres but that the taper estimated on fibres belonging to the modal length can be used to characterize a cotton.
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