National Cotton Council of America
Beltwide Cotton Conferences
January 8-11, 2008
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center
Nashville, Tennessee
The Cotton Foundation

Recorded Presentations

Thursday, January 10, 2008: 4:00 PM-5:40 PM
Jackson D (Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center)
Cotton Utilization: Nonwovens Symposium - Thursday Late Afternoon
Presiding:Gerald T. Keep, Missing Octave Insights, Inc., Kingsport, TN
Organizer:D.V. Parikh, USDA-ARS-SRRC, New Orleans, LA
4:00 PM
Cost Effective Approaches to Impart Flame Resistance to Cotton Nonwovens
M. G. Kamath1, Gajanan Bhat1, D.V. Parikh2 and Brian Condon2, (1)University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, (2)USDA-ARS-SRRC, New Orleans, LA
4:25 PM
Durable Additive Delivery to Natural Fibers: Focus on Flame Retardants 
Gerald T. Keep and Bill Haile, Missing Octave Insights, Inc., Kingsport, TN
4:50 PM
Composite Nonwovens Made of Cotton and Other Plant Fibers: Mechanical and Thermal Characterization
Ioan I. Negulescu1, Yan Chen1, D. V. Parikh2, Valeriy G. Yachmenev2 and Michael Saska3, (1)School of Human Ecology, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, (2)SRRC-ARS-USDA, New Orleans, LA, (3)LSU AgCenter Audubon Sugar Institute, Saint Gabriel, LA
5:15 PM
High-Volume Utilization of Cotton in Nonwovens
A.P.S. Sawhney1, D.V. Parikh1, B. Condon1 and Kumar V. Singh2, (1)USDA-ARS-SRRC, New Orleans, LA, (2)Miami University, Oxford, OH
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