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Research Project: Improved Quality Assessments of Cotton from Fiber to Final Products

Location: Cotton Structure and Quality Research

Title: Fourier-transform imaging of cotton and botanical and field trash mixtures

Author
item Fortier, Chanel
item Santiago Cintron, Michael
item Rodgers Iii, James
item Fontenot, Krystal
item Peralta, Donna

Submitted to: FIBERS
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/17/2017
Publication Date: 5/23/2017
Citation: Fortier, C., Santiago Cintron, M., Rodgers, J., Fontenot, K., Peralta, D. 2017. Fourier-transform imaging of cotton and botanical and field trash mixtures. Fibers. 5(20)1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/fib5020020.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/fib5020020

Interpretive Summary: Botanical and field cotton trash comingled with cotton lint can greatly reduce the marketability and quality of cotton. Trash can be found comingled with cotton lint during harvesting, ginning, and processing, thus this study is of interest. Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) hyperspectral imaging is a relatively new analytical technique that is fast and capable of high throughput imaging. It has been gaining popularity among researchers since it is non-destructive and requires little to no sample preparation. Hyperspectral imaging allows for three-dimensional spectral and spatial data. In the current study, cotton and cotton trash has been identified spectrally and spatially using ATR-FTIR imaging. Botanical trash types were evaluated and were identified independently from cotton, even though both contained cellulose. The field trash and botanical trash were easily identified due to their differences in chemical makeup.

Technical Abstract: Botanical and field cotton trash comingled with cotton lint can greatly reduce the marketability and quality of cotton. Trash can be found comingled with cotton lint during harvesting, ginning, and processing, thus this study is of interest. Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) hyperspectral imaging is a relatively new analytical technique that is fast and capable of high throughput imaging. It has been gaining popularity among researchers since it is non-destructive and requires little to no sample preparation. Hyperspectral imaging allows for three-dimensional spectral and spatial data. In the current study, cotton and cotton trash has been identified spectrally and spatially using ATR-FTIR imaging. Botanical trash types were evaluated and were identified independently from cotton, even though both contained cellulose. The field trash and botanical trash were easily identified due to their differences in chemical makeup.