- Industry: Textiles
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The deformation in the direction of load caused by a tensile force. Elongation is measured in units of length (e.g., millimeters, inches) or calculated as a percentage of the original specimen length. Elongation may be measured at any specified load or at the breaking load.
Industry:Textiles
The degree of saturation through a tire cord after impregnation with anadhesive.
Industry:Textiles
The degree to which fibers, yarn, or cord returns to its original size and shape after deformation from stress.
Industry:Textiles
The denier of a filament yarn. It is the product of the denier per filament and the number of filaments in the yarn.
Industry:Textiles
The denier of a tow before it is crimped. It is the product of the denier per filament and the number of filaments in the tow. The total denier after crimping (called crimped total denier) is higher because of the resultant increase in weight per unit length.
Industry:Textiles
The denier of an individual continuous filament or an individual staple fiber if it were continuous. In filament yarns, it is the yarn denier divided by the number of filaments.
Industry:Textiles
The dyeing of fabrics “in the piece,” i.e., in fabric form after weaving or knitting as opposed to dyeing in the form of yarn or stock.
Industry:Textiles
The dyeing of yarn before the fabric is woven or knit. Yarn can be dyed in the form of skeins, muff, packages, cheeses, cakes, chain-wraps, and beams.
Industry:Textiles
