Camel Hair

This is a sample of camel hair from a set of standard samples.

Transmitted Oblique Illumination

Definition/Function:

Camel hair used in textiles is primarily from the Bactrian camel, a crossbreed of the Dromedary and the Bactriana camels.

Significance in the Environment:

Characteristic Features:

Camel hair has a refractive index along its length of about 1.56 and perpendicular to its length of about 1.55. It has a birefringence of about 0.01 and a positive sign of elongation.

Associated Particles:

References:

References with Photographs and/or Drawings

von Bergen, Werner (ed.), WOOL HANDBOOK, Interscience Publisher, pp. 366-381, 1963.

Hausman, Leon Augustus, "Structural charactreistics of the hair of mammals", THE AMERICAN NATURALIST, vol. 54, no. 635, pp.496-523,

Hausman, Leon Augustus, "Recent studies of hair structure relationships", THE SCIENTIFIC MONTHLY, pp. 258-277,

Glaister, John, A STUDY OF HAIRS AND WOOLS, Misr Press, Cairo, 1931.

FBI site for Animal Hair Identification: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/july2004/research/2004_03_research02.htm