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To treat cotton fabric with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes
A treatement for cotton fabric to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes
treat to strengthen and improve the luster; "mercerize cotton"
treat to strengthen and improve the luster; "mercerize cotton
Such treatment causes the fiber to shrink in length and become stronger and more receptive of dyes
If the yarn or cloth is kept under tension during the process, it assumes a silky luster
{f} (Textile) chemically treat fibers to strengthen them and improve their luster and color qualities (also mercerise)
To treat (cotton fiber or fabrics) with a solution of caustic alkali
to mercerize
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