{"id":320415,"date":"2024-12-19T12:19:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T06:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=320415"},"modified":"2024-12-20T12:47:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T07:17:38","slug":"milkweed-fiber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/milkweed-fiber\/","title":{"rendered":"Milkweed Fiber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>: The Ministry of Textiles is promoting research and development into innovative natural fibers, such as milkweed fiber.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Milkweed Fiber<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_320428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-320428\" style=\"width: 266px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-320428\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Milkweed-fiber.png?resize=266%2C385&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Milkweed fiber\" width=\"266\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Milkweed-fiber.png?w=380&amp;ssl=1 380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Milkweed-fiber.png?resize=207%2C300&amp;ssl=1 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-320428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source- Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a unique <em>natural fiber<\/em> extracted from the seed pods of milkweed<br \/>\nplants (Asclepias syriaca L).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The plant is native to North America. In India, it is <em>found as a wild plant in Rajasthan, Karnataka &amp; Tamil Nadu<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Properties<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It contains <em>oily material and lignin<\/em>, a woody plant substance, which makes them too brittle for spinning.<\/li>\n<li>It is <em>extremely lightweight and soft<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>It is biodegradable and a renewable resource.<\/li>\n<li>It is an amphiphilic material, capable of displaying both <em>hydrophilic (water-absorbing)<\/em> <em>and hydrophobic (water-repelling or resisting) properties<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Applications<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It is used in such water-safety equipment as <em>life jackets and belts<\/em> etc.<\/li>\n<li>Its fine fiber structure can trap particles, making it suitable for filtration applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Ministry of Textiles is promoting research and development into innovative natural fibers, such as milkweed fiber. About Milkweed Fiber It is a unique natural fiber extracted from the seed pods of milkweed plants (Asclepias syriaca L). The plant is native to North America. In India, it is found as a wild plant in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/milkweed-fiber\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Milkweed Fiber<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":320428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,1738,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-320415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Milkweed-fiber.png?fit=380%2C550&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}