%0 Journal Article %T Effect of Jute Proportion on the Color Strength Value of Jute/Cotton Union Fabric %A R. Prathiba Devi*1 %A R.Rathinamoorthy %A Dr.J.Jeyakodi Moses %J International Journal of Engineering Research %V 2 %N 4 %D 2014 %I IJER %X Jute fiber is a bast fiber obtained from the bark of jute plant containing three main categories of chemical compounds namely cellulose (58~63%), hemicellulose (20~24%) and lignin (12~15%), and some other small quantities of constituents like fats, pectin, aqueous extract. Jute fiber is composed of small units of cellulose surrounded and cemented together by lignin and hemi-cellulose %K Jute/Cotton union fabric %K Silicon finish %K dyeing %K Colour strength %U http://www.ijer.in/ijer/publication/v2s4/IJER_2013_407.pdf