G45 G70 G87 G88 G86 G89 G85 G80 G90

Upper Half Mean mm 35.1 34.7 35.1 35.5 32.8 31.4 29.9 30.9 28.9

Uniformity Index 87.2 88.1 87.4 87.7 86.8 85.9 85.3 84.8 83.2

Strength g/tex 44.6 46.4 44.0 46.5 44.5 40.2 38.4 38.1 34.7

Elongation % 6.5 5.8 6.0 5.8 6.3 6.5 7.4 7.4 7.8

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Micronaire u /inch 3.24 3.81 3.31 4.20 4.58 4.49 3.90 4.28 4.10

Reflectance Rd% 74.5 71.4 75.0 67.1 76.3 75.1 75.9 64.1 66.4

Yellowness +b 9.0 8.8 9.2 11.5 8.5 7.9 8.6 12.3 11.4

Trash Area % 0.6 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.8

Trash Count 39 74 34 33 22 31 30 59 58

Maturity % 83 86 88 88 90 89 88 82 85

Hair - Weight millitex 118 152 113 153 165 157 139 168 154

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