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Manufactured fibers
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Manufactured fibers
breaking load
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
The maximum load (or force) applied to a specimen in a tensile test carried to rupture. It is commonly expressed in grams-force (kilograms-force), pounds, or newton’s.
alkylation
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
The introduction of an alkyl radical into an organic molecule.
beating-up
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
The last operation of the loom in weaving, in which the last pick inserted in the fabric is “beat” into position against the preceeding picks.
bow
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
The greatest distance, measured parallel to the selvages, between a filling yarn and a straight line drawn between the points at which this yarn meets the selvages. Bow may be expressed directly in ...
adhesion
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
The force that holds different materials together at their interface and resists separation into two layers.
afterglow
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
The flameless, glowing combustion of certain solid materials that occurs after the removal of an external source of ignition or after the cessation of combustion of the material.
