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A flexible planar substance constructed from solutions, fibers, yarns or fabrics in any combination.
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Fabric
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Any substance, natural or manufactured, with a high length-to-width ratio and with suitable characteristics for being processed into a fabric; the smallest component, hairlike in nature, that can be separated from a fabric.
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Fiber
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Any process used to add color and augment performance to grey goods.
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Finish
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Any fabric that has not been finished.
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Grey Goods
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A term originally applied to woven fabrics or products made of fibers, yarns, or fabrics. The BROADEST of all terms.
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Textile
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An assemblage of fibers that is twisted or laid together so as to form a continuous strand that can be made into a textile fabric.
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Yarn
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This weave was the first weave ever discovered.
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Twill Weave
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The design and engineering of a product so that it has desired serviceability characteristics appeals to the target market, can be made within an acceptable time frame for a reasonable cost.
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Product Development
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A measure of a textile's ability to meet consumer's needs. How a textile performs.
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Serviceability
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Attractiveness or appearance of a good.
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Aesthetics
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How the product withstands use; the length of time the product is considered suitable for which it is purchased.
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Durability
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The way a textile affects heat, air, and moisture transfer, the way the body interacts with the textile product, and it's ability to protect the body from harm.
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Comfort and Safety
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How the product maintains its original appearance during use and care.
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Appearance Retention
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Treatment required to maintain a textile products original appearance.
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Care
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Affect on the environment of the production, use, care, and disposal of textiles and the textile product.
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Environmental Impact
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Influenced by many factors, including price of materials.
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Cost
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The manner in which a textile, textile component, or textile product responds when something is done to it or when it is exposed to some element in the environment that might adversely affect the textile.
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Performance
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The sum total of product characteristics, including appearance, appropriateness for end use, performance and interactions of materials in the product, consistency among identical products, and freedom from defects in construction or materials .
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Quality
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Fibers that are grown or developed in nature in recognizable fiber forms.
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Natural Fiber
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These fibers are made from chemical compounds produced in manufacturing facilities. The original form is not recognized as a fiber.
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Manufactured
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This type of fiber can be measured in miles.
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Filament
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These types of fibers can be cut up to 2-4 inch lengths
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Filament Toe
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These are the shortest of all the fibers
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Staple Fibers
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______ fibers are made out of natural resources. _______ fibers are synthetic.
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1.) Staple fibers
2.) Filament Toes |
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________ is the only natural filament fiber.
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Silk
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When you look at something from the tip instead of longitudianlly your looking at its what?
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Cross Section
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The ______ has to do with the performance of a fiber.
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Fiber Crimp
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The process of joining many small molecules together to form a large compound.
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Polymerization
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These polymers are not parallel, are absorbent, and weak.
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Amorphous
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These polymers are chains that are parallel and very strong and stiff.
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Crystalline
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These are polymer chains that are parallel to each other and are strong and stiff. The STRONGEST of all polymers.
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Oriented
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The shine of the fiber, how the light shines off of it.
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Luster
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How the fabric hangs
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Drape
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The nature of the fabric, what the fabric surface looks like
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Texture
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How it feels when someone touches the fabric.
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Hand
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How much a fabric can brush against something before it wears and tears.
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Abrasion
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The ability of a fiber to withstand a high pulling force.
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Tenacity
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The ability to stretch without breaking, spandex, rayon, etc.
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Elongation Potential
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Very absorbent
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Hydrophilic
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Not very absorbent
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Hydrophobic
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Absorbs moisture without feeling wet.
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Hygroscopic
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Gravity, the weight of a fiber.
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Density
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The ability of a fiber to return to its original shape.
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Resiliency
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The ability of an extended fiber to return immediately to its size.
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Elasticity
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These are very different but have similar properties.
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Crystalline
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These lend themselves to the characteristics of a fiber.
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Polymers
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This can be made to similate silk.
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Polyester
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Has flat oval, linear convolutions as a cross section.
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Cotton
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There are three different fiber families. What are they?
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Protein Cellulose Thermoplastic
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These are looped together and hard to pull apart.
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Knits
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These types of fibers come from a particular part of a plant.
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Cellulosic Fibers
Ex. Cotton |
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These types of fibers are absorbent, heat resistant, flammable
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Cellulosic Fibers
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Cotton was first spun by machinery in England in 1730. True or False?
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True
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Eli Whitney made the cotton gin in what year?
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1793
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Cellulosic Fibers come from what three parts of the plant?
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1.) Seed
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These are ribbon like twists
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Convolutions
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The cuticle of a fiber is called what?
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The skin
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The primary wall of a fiber is called what?
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The outerskin
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The lumen is called what?
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The central canal
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Cotton is a staple fiber because it is made of _______fibers not _______ fibers.
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Natural fibers, manufactured fibers
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This cotton is produced on land where organic farming practices have been used for at least three years minimum.
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Organic Cotton
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Wool that is removed from live sheet.
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Sheared wool
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Wool that is removed from carcasses
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Pulled Wool
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Reprocessed, garnelled to fibrous state
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Recycled Wool
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This wool is taken from animals that are less than 7 months old.
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Lamb's Wool
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Wool that is never used or processed before.
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Virgins Wool
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This is the honeycomb core that increases as insulative power.
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Medulla
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This is made up of the epicuticle and layer of scales; this contributes to abrasion and resistance and felting.
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Cuticle
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Mohair Fibers come from where?
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An angora goat
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Angora hair comes from where?
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The Angora Rabbit
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This type of hair is water repelent.
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Camel Hair
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This type of hair is soft and fine, lustrous, warm, and wears well.
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Llama and Alpaca Hair
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What are the various types of silk?
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Tussah, Duppioni, Momme, Grade A
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These types of fibers come from the stem of a particular plant.
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Bast Fibers
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These types of fibers are irregular, and the refining process includes rething, cutching, and hackling, many of these fibers are cottonized or cut to a length similar to that of cotton fiber.
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Bast Fibers
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This bast fiber is a type of fabric that is used for fashion fabrics and for furnishings.
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Flax
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This type of fiber is also known as rhea or grasscloth.
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Ramie
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This type of bast fibers is one of the heavier cellulosic fibers.
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Ramie
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This fiber has high strength for twine, cord, not pliable or elastic; minor fiber, used for apparel.
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Hemp
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This fiber is produced in India and Bangladesh . This is a weak fiber with low elasticity and elongation.
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Jute
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This comes from the kenaf plant of Central Asia and Africa. This is used for twine, cordage, and other industrial purposes.
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Kenaf
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These types of fibers burn quickly, and when they burn it smells like burning wood fibers. There is hardly any ash left over.
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Cellulosic Fibers
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This part of the fiber holds the insulated qualities of the fiber.
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The Cortex
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Silk fibers have what type of cross section?
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Triangular
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