- المجال: Textiles
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A standard test for estimating the degree of contamination of water supplies. It is expressed as the quantity of dissolved oxygen (in mg/liter) required during stabilization of the decomposable organic matter by aerobic biochemical action.
Industry:Textiles
A term applied to fabrics and garments that give and recover in both the lengthwise and the widthwise directions. Action stretch is ideal for tight-fitting garments such as ski pants.
Industry:Textiles
A system of longitudinal yarns in a triaxial braid that are inserted between bias yarns.
Industry:Textiles
A supplementary material combined with a base material to provide special properties. For example, pigments are used as dope additives to give color in mass dyeing.
Industry:Textiles
A substance to retard deterioration (of fiber, fabrics, finishes, etc.) resulting from reaction with oxygen.
Industry:Textiles
A reagent capable of preventing, reducing, or dissipating static electrical charges that may be produced on textile materials.
Industry:Textiles
A standard method of reducing water-insoluble substances such as pigments or dyestuffs to a fine state of division. It consists of a cylinder, rotating on an axis, partly filled with steel balls, porcelain balls, or common pebbles. The controlling factors are size of balls, relative volumes occupied by balls and substance, type and quality of substance, and rate and time of rotation.
Industry:Textiles
A spinning system in which yarn is made by wrapping fibers around a core stream of fibers with compressed air. In this process, the fibers are drafted to appropriate sliver size, then fed to the air jet chambers where they are twisted, first in one direction, then in the reverse direction in a second chamber. They are stabilized after each twisting operation.
Industry:Textiles
A solution composed of varying amounts of cornstarch, China clay, talc, and tallow that is applied to the back side of low-grade, low-cost cloth to change its hand, improve its appearance, and increase its weight.
Industry:Textiles
