Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Manufactured fibers

Young’s modulus

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A property of perfectly elastic materials, it is the ratio of change in stress to change in strain within the elastic limits of the material. The ratio is calculated from the stress expressed in ...

Yield point

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Point on the stress-strain curve where the load and elongation stop being directly proportional.

Yield

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. Number of linear or square yards of fabric per pound of fibre or yarn. 2. The number of finished square yards per pound of greige fabric.

Yellowness coefficient

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

Measure of the colour of a moulded acetate disc or dope solution. Cy = 1-T4400/T6400 where Cy is the yellowness coefficient; T4400 is the transmission at 4400A (blue); and T6400 is the ...

Yarn intermediate

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A generic term for products obtained during the conversion of fibres to yarn, including card webs, laps, slivers, rovings, and tops.

Yarn from staple fibre

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

The formation of a yarn by a combination of drawing or drafting and twisting prepared strands of fibers, such as rovings.

Yarn from leaf and bast fibre

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

In the manufacture of leaf and bast fibre yarns, the terms "wet spinning" and "dry spinning" refer to the spinning of fibres in the wet state and in the air-dry state, respectively.