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23 Cards in this Set
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Bulk |
size of a yarn which is made through crimping |
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Dimensional Stability |
ability of carpet to lay flat and maintain its size and shape |
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Fabric |
textile made of either woven yarns or non-aligned filaments |
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Flexibility |
ability of fiber to bend w/out breaking |
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Filament |
single strand of fiber. Filament and fiber are interchangeable terms. |
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Continuous Filaments |
filaments that run vast lengths |
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BCF |
buck continuous filament which is a continuous filament that has been crimped |
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Staple Filaments |
filaments that run short lengths |
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Denier |
thickness of a filament which is measured in grams per 9,000 meter lengths |
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Hand |
the way the fiber feels (soft or course) |
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Heat Setting |
a manufacturing process of heating plied yarns to retain their twist |
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Natural Fibers |
fibers that come from animals or plants |
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Cellulosic Fibers |
fibers plants like cotton or jute |
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Protein Fibers |
animal or insects such as wool and silk |
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Opaque |
ability to block light. It's antonym is transuluscent |
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Regenerated Fibers |
synthetic fibers that are made from natural fibers, example: rayon |
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Resiliency |
the ability of the carpet pile to spring back after being crushed or walked on |
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Synthetic Fibers |
are from organic polymers like oil and gas and are translucent |
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Sunlight Degradation |
when ultraviolet rays turn the fiber into powder |
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Yarns |
group of filaments laid or twisted together |
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Singles Yarns |
group of filaments. Velvet and Berber are examples of singles yarns |
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Plied Yarns |
groups (two or more) of singles yarns that are twisted together, example: saxony and frieze |
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Sliver |
rope-like yarn made out of staple filaments |
