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The resistance of longitudinal electrical flow through a uniform rod of unit length and unit cross-sectional area.
Industry:Textiles
The process of spinning synthetic polymers in dispersion form, then heating to coalesce the dispersed particles. Normally a matrix polymer provides support until coalescence is completed.
Industry:Textiles
The process of threading each warp yarn on a loom beam through a separate drop wire, heddle, and reed space in preparation for weaving. This process may be done by hand or by a semiautomatic machine.
Industry:Textiles
The production of fiber webs by methods that do not use water or other liquids, i.e., air-laying or carding.
Industry:Textiles
The ratio between the weight or length of fiber fed into various machines and that delivered from the machines in spun yarn manufacture. It represents the reduction in bulk and weight of stock, one of the most important principles in the production of yarn from staple fibers.
Industry:Textiles
The removal of gum from silk by boiling in a mildly alkaline solution. Usually accomplished on the knit or woven fabric.
Industry:Textiles
The relative ability to absorb energy and deaden oscillation after excitation.
Industry:Textiles
The ratio of final to original length per unit weight of yarn, laps, slivers, slubbings, rovings, etc., resulting from drawing.
Industry:Textiles
The chemical process of combining an acid and an alcohol to form an ester. Cellulose acetate is an ester formed by the reaction of acetic acid and the hydroxyl groups of cellulose. Polyethylene terephthalate, the most common fiber-forming polyester, is a product of esterification of teraphthalic acid with ethylene glycol.
Industry:Textiles
The curl that develops on the edge of a single-knit fabric preventing it from lying flat.
Industry:Textiles
