Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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delayed deformation

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Deformation that is time-dependent and is exhibited by material subjected to a continuing load; creep. Delayed deformation may be recoverable following removal of the applied load.

evenness testing

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Determination of the variation in weight per unit length and thickness of yarns or fibers aggregates such as roving, sliver, or top.

desulfurizing

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

An aftertreatment to remove sulfur from newly spun viscose rayon by passing the yarn through a sodium sulfide solution.

premetallized dyes

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Acid dyes that are treated with coordinating metals such as chromium. This type of dye has much better wetfastness than regular acid dye. Premetallized dyes are used on nylon, silk, and wool.

drawn tow

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A zero-twist bundle of continuous filaments that has been stretched to achieve molecular orientation. (Tows for staple and spun yarn application are usually crimped.)

A yarn-dyeing process in which each strand is dyed with more that one color at irregular intervals. Space dyeing produces an effect of unorganized design in subsequent fabric form. The two primary ...

denier

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A weight-per-unit-length measure of any linear material. Officially, it is the number of unit weights of 0.05 grams per 450-meter length. This is numerically equal to the weight in grams of 9,000 ...