Kapas

Gossypium
	Gossypium barbadense
Klasifikasi ilmiah
Karajaan:	Plantae
Divisi:	Magnoliophyta
Kelas:	Magnoliopsida
Ordo:	Malvales
Kulawarga:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Gossypium ; L.
Spesies
	Tempo Gossypium

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Metik kapas di Georgia , USA , taun 1943

Kapas nyaeta ngaran hiji tuwuhan nu ngahasilkeun haramay /benang nu lemes nu tumuwuh sabudeureun sikina. ^[1] Kapas tumuwuh di daerah tropis jeung subtropis . ^[1] Serat ieu tuluy digulung jadi benang sarta digunakeun pikeun nyieun kaen ( tekstil ).

Kapas mangrupa tuwuhan nu gede ajenna lantaran ngan kira-kira 10% tina beuratna ilang dina pemrosesan. Waktu lilin , protein , jll. disingkirkeun, sesana nyaeta polimer alami tina selulosa murni. Selulosa ieu kasusun rapih antukna mere kapas sifat kekuatan, daya tahan sarta daya serep nu mandiri. Di Pulo Ambon, kapas dipikawanoh ku istilah lokalna ''aha'', sarta dina basa Banda disebut ''karamboa''. ^[2]

Sajarah [ edit | edit sumber ]

Katun geus dipake pikeun nyieun kaen anu pohara alus jeung hampang di wewengkon kalawan iklim tropis geus rebuan taun katukang. Sababaraha otoritas ngaku yen kamungkinan urang Mesir ngagaduhan katun ti mimiti 12,000 SM, jeung bukti geus kapanggih kapas di guha Mexican (lawon katun sarta fragmen tina haramay anu sisusun ku bulu_bulu jeung fur ) ditaksur kurang leuwih 7,000 taun ka tukang. Bukti arkeologis jelas yen jalma di Amerika Kidul jeung India domesticated spesies beda tina kapas sacara mandiri rebuan taun ka tukang

Produksi [ edit | edit sumber ]

Kiwari kapas dihasilkeun di rea patempatan di dunya, kaasup Eropa , Asia , Afrika , Amerika , jeung Australia , ngandelkeun tangkal kapas anu pinilih antukna bisa dihasilkeun serat nu leuwih rea. Dina taun 2002, kapas dipelak di 330.000 km² huma, 47 milyar ton kapas atah saharga 20 milyar dolar AS dipelak dina yaun eta.

Mangpaat [ edit | edit sumber ]

Sajaba ti jadi bahan dasar industri tekstil, kapas oge dipake dina kecrik lauk, saringan kopi, tenda, jeung pangwates buku. Duit Cina munggaran dijieun tina serat kapas, oge duit dollar Amerika Sarikat moderen.

Denim , sarupaning pakan nu tahan lila, jeung lolobana kaos ( T-shirt ) sabagean gede dijieun tina kapas.

Tempo oge [ edit | edit sumber ]

Gin kapas

Rujukan [ edit | edit sumber ]

↑ ^a ^b Jonathan, Rigg (1862). A Dictionary of the Sunda Language of Java . Universitas Harvard: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.
↑ Crawfurd, first (2017). Sejarah Kepulauan Nusantara: Kajian Budaya, Agama, Politik, Hukum dan Ekonomi 1 . Yogyakarta: Penerbit Ombak. p. 312. ISBN 9786022584698 .

The Thames and Hudson Manual of Dyes and Fabrics , Joyce Storey, 1978
Photo documentation and commentary on collateral damage to the environment from cotton spraying

Tumbu ka luar [ edit | edit sumber ]

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USDA AMS - Market News Reports - Cotton Reports
Commodity Futures & Financial Market Charts
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Cotton Council International Archived 2004-08-12 di Wayback Machine
Cotton Foundation
ACSA International Cotton Institute Archived 2001-08-11 di Wayback Machine
The Supima Association
American Cotton Shippers Association
American Textile Manufactures Institute
Cotton Incorporated
International Cotton Advisory Committee
Cotton on the Net Home Page
National Cotton Council News and Current Events
The Land of Cotton News Magazine
The Seam
eCotton
Plains Cotton Cooperative Association
American Cotton Shippers Association
Agricultural Marketing Service
International Cotton Association Archived 2009-03-09 di Wayback Machine

[”Rig”-1] Jonathan, Rigg (1862). A Dictionary of the Sunda Language of Java . Universitas Harvard: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.

[2] Crawfurd, first (2017). Sejarah Kepulauan Nusantara: Kajian Budaya, Agama, Politik, Hukum dan Ekonomi 1 . Yogyakarta: Penerbit Ombak. p. 312. ISBN 9786022584698 .

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