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COTTONIZATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cotton Industry
CONT

Bleaching, like other preparatory processes, such as retting, scutching, and particularly scouring, breaks down the bundles into ultimate (unicellular) fibers. This process is termed "cottonization."

Key term(s)
  • cottonisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie cotonnière
CONT

La cotonnisation consiste à traiter le lin brut par une solution bouillante de soude caustique, puis à l'imprégner de carbonate de sodium et à le tremper dans une solution aqueuse diluée d'acide; on obtient ainsi des fibres très divisées, que l'on blanchit généralement ensuite.

Spanish

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