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Why a new fabric can smell of the factory
Short answer: The scent comes from residues of finishing, from the packaging and from transport. It is volatile and u...
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What finishing of a fabric covers
Short answer: Finishing is everything that happens to the fabric after knitting and dyeing. It can be softened, pre-s...
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How a fabric is pre shrunk
Short answer: Pre-shrinking means the fabric gets steam and heat under low tension, so the loops draw together before...
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What an enzyme treatment does to the surface
Short answer: Enzymes remove the outermost loose fibre ends from the fabric. The surface becomes smoother, pills less...
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Why bleaching is used
Short answer: Cellulose from plants is not white but slightly yellowish. Bleaching removes the residues that give the...
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What happens to the chemicals afterwards
Short answer: Some of the chemicals are recovered and reused, some are broken down in the treatment plant, and a smal...
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What happens to the waste water from a textile factory
Short answer: Water from dyeing and finishing contains dye, salts and chemical residues. It must be treated before it...
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How lyocell differs from viscose
Short answer: Lyocell uses a solvent that can be reused in a closed loop, and the process has fewer steps. The fibre ...
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What a spinneret does
Short answer: The spinneret is a metal plate with thousands of small holes. The liquid cellulose is pressed through, ...
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What happens chemically when cellulose is dissolved
Short answer: Cellulose chains are held together by many weak bonds. Chemicals in the process break those bonds, so t...
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What the viscose process does to the raw material
Short answer: The viscose process breaks down the plant's structure and rebuilds the cellulose as an even fibre. What...
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From bamboo plant to fibre step by step
Short answer: Bamboo is harvested, chipped and cooked into a cellulose pulp. The pulp is dissolved chemically, presse...
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