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12/08/2011

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one of the oldest documented textile fibers
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flax
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fabric made from flax
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linen
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the most important seed fiber
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cotton
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one of the earliest fibers to be spun into yarn
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wool
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less expensive than may other specialty wools
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mohair
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rare and luxurious fiber made from musk ox
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quiviut
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cashmere goats and angora goats mixed
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cashgora
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most expensive textile fiber
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vicuna
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triangular cross section
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silk
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most common type of wild silk
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tussah
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when 2 silk worms spin their silk together
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Duppioni
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describes the weight of silk
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Momme
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the protein in silk
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fibroin
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spidroin
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spider silk
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companies names for fibers
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trade names
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the family of manufactured or generic fibers
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generic name
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fibers with a denier greater than 1.0
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Macrofiber
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fibers with denier less than 1.0
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Microfibers
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fibers with denier less than .3
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ultrafine fibers
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the name of wool fibers matted together
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feltability
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hair that gives warmth without weight
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camel
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oldest spinning method
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wet
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what does raw silk best resemble
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cotton
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elastoesters trade name
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Rexe
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type of spinning that eliminates twisting
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twistless
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produces saw tooth crimp
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stuffer box
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oldest and least expensive elstomeric fiber
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rubber
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rope like yarn
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sliver
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carpet bounces back
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compression resiliency
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first flame retardant synthetic
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modacrylic
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what is mvtr
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moisture vapor transport rate
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most common floral polymer
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teflon
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what type of fiber is a spun yarn?
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staple
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generic name for rubber
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lastrile
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first manufactured elastic fiber
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spandex
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what is the most common spinning process
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melt
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what is nylon?
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polyamide
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what type of synthetic rubber is used as elastomeric fiber
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neoprene
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which is not a raw material for glass
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minerals
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there are four major types of bulk filament yarn? true or false
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false
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when curled it ressembles natural wool
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saran
Term
polyester tradename
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dacron
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tradename for spandex
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lycra
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generic name for aramid
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nomex
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florpolymer
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teflon
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true false: difference between manufactured and synthetic fibers is the raw materials that there formed from
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true
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true or false: carding is a step in the production of filament yarn
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false
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slow relatively cost versatilte process
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false twist
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if you dont use the right gauge it makes holes
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air jet
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faast inexpensivw ay to mak textured bulk yaarn
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draw texturig
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generates sound that can affect the hearing
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knit-denit
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color scavenger fiber
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nylon
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first inherint flame retardant fiber
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modacrylic
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which was originlly a process with silk filaments
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throwing
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first synthetic fiber
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nylon
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