Textiles

Textiles

Any cloth, woven or knitted fabric; especially the raw materials that are used to make clothing.

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acrylic fiber

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is any long chain synthetic polymer composed of at least 85% by weight of acrylonitrile units. Acrylic fibers are ...

anidex fiber

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is any long chain synthetic polymer composed of at least 50% by weight of one or more esters of a monohydric alcohol and ...

azlon fiber

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance consists of any regenerated naturally occurring proteins (FTC definition). Azlon is not currently produced in the United ...

aramid fiber

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming material is a long chain synthetic polyamide having at least 85% of its amide linkages (-NH-CO-) attached directly to two aromatic ...

artificial turf

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A manufactured carpet having the appearance of grass. Used to replace grass in sports arenas, yards, etc.

axminster carpet

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A machine-woven carpet in which successive weft-wise rows of pile are inserted during weaving according to a predetermined arrangement of colors. There are four main types of ...