Approximately 844 million tons of corns are produced every year throughout the world, out of which corn waste is 69%, which is eco-friendly and bio-degradable. more than 9 million tons of natural cellulose fibres with a potential sale value of $19 billion addition of at least $12 billion can be every year from corn husk. india ranks 6th in corn production, but because technology of husk resource is not mature enough therefore to strengthen the technology of waste crop resources and use of waste effectively which would conserve land and non-renewable petroleum sources used to produce synthetic fibres this research is carried out, which not only could protect the environment, but also could form industry chain structure of comprehensive utilisation of waste resources. corn-husk is mainly used for cattle feeding, artificial sugar, paper and fuel. corn husk is composed of cellulose (42%), lignin (13%), ash (4.2%) and other materials (41%). in this work method has been developed to extract fibres from corn husk by mechanical and chemical process. the extracted fibres are rough and harsh. fibres are soften using softening agent. the treated fibres were tested for mechanical properties; load-elongation curve show a peculiar nature which requires further investigations. density, diameter, tex has been studied and compared shows that it may be used in textile field. method has been developed to spin corn husk fibres and yarn of 631 tex has been spinned. further the fabric sample is produced on hand loom with 37 tex pc yarn as warp and weft of corn husk fibres. it is observed that average length, linear density, breaking force of extracted fibres is affected with alkalinity, its concentration and duration.
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