Introduction of Palmyra Palm fiber as an Alternative Natural Fiber in Textile Industry

Nowadays, natural products are extremely preferred among the people. These natural products are produced by environment friendly sources. In case of textiles, bast fibers play significant role in producing natural products that are extracted from the stem of various plant and environment friendly in nature. The bast fibers can also improve the livelihood of the poor farmers who are involved in the cultivation of the plants and extraction and processing of the fibers. Palm fibre is one of the bast fiber which is a waste product from the fruit crushing-extracting process in local communities. Nonetheless, yarn is unique in its characteristic pattern and is stronger than cotton. The aim of this study is to introducing of palm fiber and some basic comparisons with other fibers (cotton, polyester, wool, viscose, silk), where palm fiber shows significant results. Results showed that, the strength percentage of palm fiber (4.2%) is less than polyester (6%) but more than cotton (4.1%). At the same way, the percentage of elongation shows for palm fiber as (21%) and cotton viscose, polyester shows (10% ,(13%), (30%) respectively. For moisture regain palm fiber shows remarkable performance with (13.25%) which is the highest one