Fiber Mass, Count and Breaking Force from Stelometer Test

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Yongliang Liu , USDA, ARS
Devron Thibodeaux , USDA, ARS
James Rodgers , USDA-ARS-SRRC
Fundamental understanding of the relationship between cotton fiber mass, count, and breaking force from Stelometer tests is important, as bundle fiber tenacity and linear tenacity can be derived from these three parameters. In this study, the Stelometer instrument was employed, mostly because it is the traditional fiber strength reference method and could be still preferred as a screening tool thanks to its significant low cost and portable attribute.