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Definition of Mercerizes
1. mercerize [v] - See also: mercerize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mercerizes
Literary usage of Mercerizes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technology of Cellulose Esters: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Edward Chauncey Worden (1921)
"An 18%, solution of NaOH mercerizes ripe cotton as usual while dead cotton retains
its shape and becomes more transparent. The lumen and contents almost ..."
2. A Cotton Fabrics Glossary by Frank P. Bennett, & Co (1914)
"... because in the mercerizing process a soft twist yarn mercerizes better and,
of course, grey yarn which is not handled can be used softer twisted than ..."
3. A Laboratory Study of Household Chemistry by Mary Ethel Jones (1921)
"Strong sodium hydroxide makes cellulose fibers transparent and larger. (mercerizes
them.) Soluble in a concentrated solution of zinc chloride. ..."
4. Cotton Textile Trade in Turkish Empire, Greece, and Italy by William Alexander Graham Clark (1908)
"This mill dyes, mercerizes, bleaches, twists, weaves, and finishes. Part of the
operations incident to cotton manufacturing are carried on in'an outside ..."
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