Fiber Dictionary

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Foreword ______________________________________________________

This

Complete Textile Glossary

is intended to be a convenient reference for textile terminology.Although it covers all types of textile terms broadly, its special emphasis is on manufacturedfibers - what they are, how they are made, and how they are used.The first two editions of this dictionary were published under the title

Man-Made Fiber and Textile Dictionary

by the former Celanese Corporation to provide a source for employees. Athird edition of the dictionary, with expanded listings and illustrations, was offered in response tonumerous requests from customers and others in the textile industry for an up-to-date glossary of terms encountered in the manufactured fiber and textile trades.The fourth edition, known as the

Dictionary of Fiber and Textile Technology

, was produced byHoechst Celanese Corporation, and included updated coverage of then-recent developments infiber and textile technology.This current edition has been further updated and expanded to cover recent developments in fiber-forming polymers, new commercially manufactured fibers, textile equipment advances, and newapplications for textile materials such as geotextiles and advanced composites. New diagramshave been added to illustrate these developments. We have attempted to convey as much basicinformation as is possible without making the book cumbersome.As in previous editions, generic terms such as dyeing and knitting are handled comprehensivelywith specific terms presented under one heading. The more widely used manufactured fibers arelisted by their Federal Trade Commission generic names and definitions, in most cases followed by a brief description of their manufacture, characteristics, and applications. In the Appendix areabbreviations, equivalent weights and measures, and various conversion tables and formulasneeded by the textile technologist.We hope that this dictionary will help to familiarize you with the language of textiles. Onlythrough you, can we determine its value, and we invite your comments.