Cotton is a soft, fluffy fiber that grows in a protective case around the seeds of cotton plants. It is composed almost entirely of cellulose and its boll tends to increase seed dispersal under natural conditions. The document further discusses cotton's physical properties like color, tensile strength and elasticity as well as how it is affected by things like acids, alkalies, organic solvents and insects chemically and how issues like dampness can impact it physically.

2. Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple
fiber that grows in a boll, or
protective case, around the
seeds of cotton plants of the
genus Gossypium in the family
of Malvaceae. The fiber is
almost pure cellulose. Under
natural conditions, the cotton
bolls will tend to increase the
dispersal of the seeds.

3. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
1. Color
2. Tensile strength
3. Elongation at break
4. Elastic recovery
5. Specific gravity
1. EFFECT OF ACIDS
2. EFFECTS OF ALKALIES
3. EFFECT OF ORGANIC
SOLVENT
4. EFFECTS OF INSECTS

4. Cellulose – 91.00%
Water – 7.85%
Protoplasm , pectins – 0.40%
Waxes , Fatty Substance – 0.40%
Mineral salts – 0.20%

8. • Damp cotton
• Immature Cotton
• Dead fibre
• Cake Formation
• Lint rad