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  2. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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    Textile fibers, threads, yarns and fabrics are measured in a multiplicity of units.. A fiber, a single filament of natural material, such as cotton, linen or wool, or artificial material such as nylon, polyester, metal or mineral fiber, or human-made cellulosic fibre like viscose, Modal, Lyocell or other rayon fiber is measured in terms of linear mass density, the weight of a given length of ...

  3. Rayon - Wikipedia

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    Rayon, also called viscose [1] and commercialised in some countries as sabra silk or cactus silk, [2] is a semi-synthetic fiber [3] made from natural sources of ...

  4. Crêpe (textile) - Wikipedia

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    Trade name for a heavy rib textile with alternating rayon and dull acetate warp threads, cross-dyed for varied shades. [20] Crêpe jersey Vertically ribbed silk crêpe resembling the knit fabric. [20] Crêpe lissé (or lease) A lightweight, lustrous, slightly stiffened open-weave silk or cotton crêpe, with fewer twists than a crêpe crêpe ...

  5. Artificial silk - Wikipedia

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    In 1924, the name of the fiber was officially changed in the U.S. to Rayon, although the term viscose continued to be used in Europe. The material is commonly referred to in the industry as viscose rayon. [4] In 1931, Henry Ford hired chemists Robert Boyer and Frank Calvert to produce artificial silk made with soybean fibers.

  6. Cuprammonium rayon - Wikipedia

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    Cuprammonium rayon is usually made in fine filaments that are used in suit jacket linings as well as lightweight summer dresses and blouses, sometimes in combination with cotton to make textured fabrics with slubbed, uneven surfaces. [3] The fabric is commonly known by the trade name "Bemberg", owned by the J.P. Bemberg company. The fabric may ...

  7. Bamboo textile - Wikipedia

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    A scarf made of bamboo yarn and synthetic ribbon. Bamboo textile is any cloth, yarn or clothing made from bamboo fibres. While bamboo was historically used only for structural elements, such as bustles and the ribs of corsets, in recent years various technologies have been developed that allow bamboo fibre to be used for a wide range of textile and fashion applications.

  8. Challis (fabric) - Wikipedia

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    Printed rayon challis fabric Crinkle rayon challis fabric. Challis, sometimes referred to as challie [1] or chally, [2] is a lightweight woven fabric, originally a silk-and-wool blend, which can also be made from a single fibre, such as cotton, silk or wool, [3] or from man-made fabrics such as rayon. [4]

  9. Sulky - Wikipedia

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    A sulky is a lightweight cart used for harness racing. It has two wheels and a small seat for only a single driver. It has two wheels and a small seat for only a single driver. The modern racing sulky has shafts that extend in a continuous bow behind the driver's seat, with wire-spoked "bike" wheels and inflated tyres.