Kapas
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Kapas nyaéta ngaran hiji tuwuhan nu ngahasilkeun serat nu lemes nu tumuwuh sabudeureun sikina sarta tumuwuh di daérah tropis jeung subtropis.[1] Serat ieu tuluy digulung jadi benang sarta digunakeun pikeun nyieun kaén (tékstil).
Kapas mangrupa tuwuhan nu gedé ajénna lantaran ngan kira-kira 10% tina beuratna ilang dina pemrosésan. Waktu lilin, protéin, jll. disingkirkeun, sésana nyaéta polimér alami tina sélulosa murni. Sélulosa ieu kasusun rapih antukna méré kapas sifat kekuatan, daya tahan sarta daya serep nu mandiri. Di Pulo Ambon, kapas dipikawanoh ku istilah lokalna ''aha'', sarta dina basa Banda disebut ''karamboa''.[2]
ProduksiÉdit
Kiwari kapas dihasilkeun di réa patempatan di dunya, kaasup Eropa, Asia, Afrika, Amérika, jeung Australia, ngandelkeun tangkal kapas anu pinilih antukna bisa dihasilkeun serat nu leuwih réa. Dina taun 2002, kapas dipelak di 330.000 km² huma, 47 milyar ton kapas atah saharga 20 milyar dolar AS dipelak dina yaun éta.
MangpaatÉdit
Sajaba ti jadi bahan dasar industri tékstil, kapas ogé dipaké dina kecrik lauk, saringan kopi, ténda, jeung pangwates buku. Duit Cina munggaran dijieun tina serat kapas, ogé duit dollar Amérika Sarikat modéren.
Denim, sarupaning pakan nu tahan lila, jeung lolobana kaos (T-shirt) sabagéan gedé dijieun tina kapas.
Tempo ogéÉdit
RujukanÉdit
- ↑ Jonathan, Rigg (1862). A Dictionary of the Sunda Language of Java. Universitas Harvard: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.
- ↑ Crawfurd, first (2017). Sejarah Kepulauan Nusantara: Kajian Budaya, Agama, Politik, Hukum dan Ekonomi 1. Yogyakarta: Penerbit Ombak. p. 312. ISBN 9786022584698.
- The Thames and Hudson Manual of Dyes and Fabrics, Joyce Storey, 1978
- Photo documentation and commentary on collateral damage to the environment from cotton spraying
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- Cotton Foundation
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- American Cotton Shippers Association
- American Textile Manufactures Institute
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- International Cotton Advisory Committee
- Cotton on the Net Home Page
- National Cotton Council News and Current Events
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- The Seam
- eCotton
- Plains Cotton Cooperative Association
- American Cotton Shippers Association
- Agricultural Marketing Service
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