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CHEMICAL RETTING [1 record]

Record 1 2014-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Bast Fibres (Textiles)
CONT

Chemical retting. Retting can also be carried out by treating the flax straw with chemical solutions. Such reagents as caustic soda sodium carbonate ... have been employed with some success.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Fibres textiles libériennes
CONT

Rouissage sous action chimique. Le lin est soumis à l'action des hydrocarbures pendant 3 ou 4 heures qui décomposent la pectose en pectine.

Spanish

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