The volatility of the wild qiviut supply, in conjunction with the limited amount of farmed qiviut, has created an unpredictable availability of
raw fiber. To ensure supply, many commercial enterprises stockpile fiber from multiple sources: farmed, collected, and plucked from hides.
The results show that the decomposition temperature ([T.sub.max]) of MMA grafted and delignified fiber was higher than those of
raw fiber [48, 49].
The bast fiber was artificially separated from outer skin, dried and weighed as
raw fiber yield.
"If you look at the ends of these long
raw fibers the light is so bright that it almost hurts your eyes," Bahram said.
In order to ensure consistently high quality, OTE is a vertical operation, overseeing all aspects of production from
raw fiber to finished goods.
It is an attempt to sensationalize farm programs that help cotton producers to be competitive in international markets despite
raw fiber and textiles tariff inequities; weak or manipulated Asian currencies; and competitors' policies designed to favor their domestic cotton and textiles industries, he added.
Some methods of processing the
raw fiber may break up its carbohydrate strands, weakening the gel.
Other bone tools found near Skeleton A consist of small combs, picks, spindle whorls (which act as flywheels on long wooden spindles during the spinning of
raw fiber into twisted thread), spinning bowls (on which the spindle rests during spinning), and two rings -- one gold, one silver -- worn on the fingertips, which may have served as ritual thimbles.
Contempt, my old inquisitor, across the widening winter weeks our needs converge, conquistador of manifest extinctions and hemispheres, into a knot my fingers have been bloodied trying to untie, separating the
raw fiber from the seeds.
Brazil is the leading exporter of
raw fiber as well as manufactured goods, specifically rope, to the USA, followed by Kenya and Tanzania.
country's abaca output is shipped as pulp, cordage, fibercraft and
raw fiber, according to Costales.