Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Manufactured fibers

coagulation bath

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A liquid bath that serves to harden viscous polymer strands into solid fibers after extrusion through a spinneret. Used in wet spinning processes such as in rayon or acrylic fiber manufacture.

colour index (ci)

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A listing of dyes and chemical structures published by the Society of Dyers and Colourists. Each structure is assigned a name according to chemical composition. Each dye is assigned a number ...

crepe

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A lightweight fabric characterized by a crinkling surface obtained by the use of: (1) hard-twist filling yarns, (2) chemical treatment, (3) crepe weaves, and (4) embossing.

coverstock

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A lightweight nonwoven material used to contain and conceal an underlying core material. Examples are the facing materials that cover the absorbent cores of diapers, sanitary napkins, and adult ...

caterpillar

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A large slub formed in a combination or plied yarn as a result of one of theends breaking and sliding or skinning back along the other yarn.

cable stitch

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A knit effect produced by crossing a group of stitches over a neighboring stitch group.

carbon fiber

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A high-tensile fiber or whisker made by heating rayon or polyacrylonitrile fibers or petroleum residues to appropriate temperatures. Fibers may be 7 to 8 microns in diameter and are more that 90% ...