Some textile definitions

ENZYME:-

A PROTEIN THAT ACTS AS A CATALYST IN A BIOCHEMICAL REACTION.

CARBONIZING:-

TREATMENT OF WOOL WITH ACID AND HEAT TO REMOVE PLANT MATERIALS.

CARRIER:-

WITH RESPECT TO DISPERSE DYES, A CHEMICAL THAT AIDS DYEING AT MODERATE TEMPERATURE.

CATALYST:-

A CHEMICAL THAT SPEEDS UP A REACTION WITHOUT ITSELF BEING CONSUMED IN THE REACTION.

FIXATION:-

FORMATION OF THE FINAL BOND BETWEEN THE DYE AND FIBRE.

LIGHT FASTNESS:-

A MEASURE OF HOW RESISTANT A COLORING MATERIAL, SUCH AS DYE, IS TO FADING DUE TO EXPOSURE TO LIGHT.

LEVELING AGENT:-

A DYEBATH ADDITIVE TO PROMOTE LEVEL DYEING.

ILLUMINATING DYE:-

DYE MIXED WITH DISCHARGE PASTE IN PRINTING TECHNIQUES; ALSO CALLED HEAD DYE.

LIQOUR:-

A SOLUTION OF DYE AND/OR OTHER CHEMICALS.

FBA:-

FLUORESCENT BRIGHTENING AGENT; ALSO CALLED OPTICAL BRIGHTENER.

PADDING:-

A DYEING METHOD WITH VERY LOW LIQUOR TO GOODS RATIO, WHERE TYPICALLY ONLY ENOUGH STRONG DYE SOLUTION IS USED TO SATURATE THE FABRIC; PADDING CAN HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF HIGH DYE YIELD. PADDED GOODS ARE USUALLY "BATCHED"- WRAPPED IN PLASTIC AND LEFT FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE DYE TO ATTACH TO THE FIBRE, OR STEAMED TO FIX THE DYE QUICKLY. PADDING METHODS ARE SOMETIMES USED FOR OTHER TEXTILE PROCESSES SUCH AS BLEACHING.

POLYMER:-

A CHEMICAL IN WHICH MOLECULES ARE MADE UP OF A LARGE NUMBER OF SIMILAR REPEATING UNITS.

PIGMENT DYEING:-

COLORING FABRIC WITH PIGMENTS MIXED WITH A BINDER.

LOOM STATE:-

FABRIC IT COMES FROM THE LOOM, USUALLY BLEACHED , CONTAINING SIZE, AND MAYBE A BIT DIRTY; LOOM STATE IS ESSENTIALLY SYNONYMOUS WITH GREIGE OR GREY. SOMETIME IT MAY IMPLY THAT THE FABRIC HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED FOR FLAWS.

SCOURING:- 

THROUGH WASHING OF FIBRES OR FABRIC TO REMOVE CONTAMINANTS (DIRT, NATURAL, WAXES OR OILS). 

REACTION RATE:- 

A MEASURE OF HOW FAST A CHEMICAL REACTION OCCURS. 

PVC:- 

POLYVINYL CHLORIDE. 

POUND:- 

WEIGHT EQUAL TO 0.455 KILOGRAMS. 

P.F.D:- 

PREPARED FOR DYEING. 

P.F.P:- 

PREPARED FOR PRINTING. 

OUNCE:- 

APPROXIMATELY 28.35 GRAMS. 

ORGANIC:- 

A CHEMICAL THAT IS DERIVED FROM CARBON AND HYDROGEN.

CROCKING:-

TRANSFER OF COLOUR FROM DYED OR PIGMENTED FABRIC BY RUBBING; WET CROCKING REFERS TO TRANSFER OF COLOUR FROM A PIECE OF DYED FABRIC TO ANOTHER PIECE OF FABRIC, OR TO AN UNDYED AREA OF THE SAME FABRIC, WHILE THE FABRIC IS WET. DYR CROCKING MEANS THE SAME, EXCEPT THAT THE FABRIC IS DRY.

DEFIBRILLATION:-

REMOVAL OF FIBRILS FROM THE SURFACE OF A FABRIC.

DESIZING:-

REMOVAL OF SIZE FROM FABRIC; DESIZING IS AN IMPORTANT STEP PRIOR TO DYEING FABRIC, SINCE SIZE CAN INTERFERE WITH DYE UPTAKE. SOME SIZE MATERILAS WASH OUT EASILY. STARCH IS COMMONLY USED FOR SIZE, AND CAN BE QUITE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE.

DOPE DYEING:-

COLORATION OF THE POLYMER PRIOR TO MANUFACTURE OF THE FIBRE.

COUNT:-

HANKS PER POUND IS CALLED COUNT.

OR

THE RELATION BETWEEN LENGTH AND WEIGHT IS CALLED COUNT.

AFFINITY:-

ATTRACTION BETWEEN TWO ITEMS; IN DYEING AFFINITY ESSENTIALLY MEANS THE PREFERENTIAL ATTRACTION OF THE DYE FOR THE FIBRE RATHER THAN FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE DYEBATH.

ANHYDROUS:-

WITHOUT WATER.

BARRE:-

A STRIPE-LIKE OR BAR-LIKE PATTERN IN DYED FABRIC.

BATCH(ING):-

LEAVING GOODS SATURATED WITH DYE SOLUTION FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME, TYPICALLY HOURS, AND TYPICALLY AT ROOM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DYE TO FIX TO THE FIBRE.