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A textured yarn that is twisted and takes on a coil or spiral configuration.
Very promising early results for the PURACQUA Project, "Bioabsorption with inactivated fungal biomass". →
The Centro Tessile Cotoniero ed Abbigliamento S.p.A., following the Inspection Report n. 0907342, has renewed until October 11th 2010 the Oeko-Tex Standard 100 Class I Certificate, articles for newborn babies. →
Very valuable wool from the member of the camel family living at high altitudes in some South American countries and bred by the Inca population. Only the females are sheared once a year and each animal provides 4 kilos of lustrous, warm and light wool. The males are only sheared when dead and their coat is more ordinary. →
Ability of a yarn or fabric to absorb liquid. In mercerization it refers to the speed at which a fabric absorbs caustic soda. →
Silk of inferior quality obtained from damaged cocoons. →
Long fibre quality of cotton produced in the United States aimed at replacing the best classes of Egyptian cotton. →