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Manufactured fibers
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Manufactured fibers
ball warp
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
Parallel threads in the form of a twistless rope wound into a large ball. When wound mechanically with quick traverse a ball warp may be made in the form of a large cylindrical package.
alpha cellulose
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
One of three forms of cellulose. Alpha cellulose has the highest degree of polymerization and is the chief constituent of paper pulp and chemical dissolving-grade pulp.
beta cellulose
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
One of the three forms of cellulose. It has a lower degree of polymerization that the alpha form. With gamma cellulose it is known as hemicellulose.
anisotropic
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
Not having the same physical properties in every direction. In the plane of a fabric, it is related to a non-random distribution of fibers.
amorphous
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
Noncrystalline, lacking regular geometrical shape. Used to describe certain regions in polymers.
banding, heavy tow
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
Nonuniform distribution of filaments across towband width.
bending modulus
Textiles; Manufactured fibers
Maximum stress per unit area that a specimen can withstand without breaking when bent. For fibers, the stress per unit of linear fiber weight required to produce a specified deflection of a fiber.
