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Table 5
By Products of Cottonseed after ginning process.
| Products | Origin | Percentage | Usage | |
| 1 | Linters | Short fiber till | Depends upon the | Cellulose products like cellulose |
| clinging to the | species G. hirsutum has | acetate, carboxy methyl cellulose, | ||
| seed after ginning | maximum about | viscose rayon, micro crystalline | ||
| 10.5% but arborium | cellulose, cellulose nitrate, | |||
| varieties have 4.3 | special paper, absorbent | |||
| to 5.9%. | cotton | |||
| 2 | Hulls | A tough protective | 30–35% depends upon | Conventional feed rich |
| covering of the | variety and species | with cellulose for cattle | ||
| kernel | of cotton | |||
| 3 | Oil | Extracted from the | 20% | Used as edible |
| kernel | Vegetable oil | |||
| 4 | Meal | Residue after | 40% | Rich in protein and |
| oil extraction | used as animal feed | |||
Source: Balasubramanya and Shaikh (2007).
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