Manufactured fibers

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.