The Manufacture of Artificial Silk with Special Reference to the Viscose Process |
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acetic acid acetic anhydride acetone acetylating alkali alkali cellulose ammonia ammonium artificial silk produced Artificial Silk Supplement artificial-silk manufacture bleached bobbin Bolton BRONNERT carbon bisulphide carried cellulose acetate cellulose nitrate cellulose xanthate cellulose-acetate silk Centrifugal Spinning Machine Chapter Chem chemical coagulating colloidal colour considerable copper cotton COURTAULDS cuprammonium process cuprammonium solution denier DREAPER dried Dry-spinning dyeing dyestuffs English Patent ether filter Filtration flow-sheet German Patent godet HERZOG holes Hydro-extracting insoluble Kunstseide large number lustre Manchester Guardian mercerised method of spinning mixture monium nitrocellulose nitrocellulose process production of artificial properties pulp pump purified recent reeling ripening rotating salts shown in Fig skeins soap sodium hydroxide soluble solvent spinning bath spinning box spinning jets spinning process spinning speed spun thread staple fibre steeping strength stretching suitable sulphate sulphide sulphuric acid temperature tenacity textile tion twist usually viscose process viscose solution washing wood-pulp wool yarn zinc chloride
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Page 1 - And I have often thought, that probably there might be a way found out, to make an artificial glutinous composition, much resembling, if not full as good, nay better, than that Excrement, or whatever other substance it be out of which, the Silk-worm wire-draws his clew.
Page 66 - Cellulose acetate itself is made by treating cotton linters with acetic acid and acetic anhydride in the presence of a catalyst such as sulphuric acid.
Page 60 - The purified dried cotton is nitrated by means of a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids.
Page v - EDITORIAL PREFACE IN these days of intensive and extensive research, every worker in science or its applications knows how rapidly the contents of text-books and encyclopaedias become out of date ; and those who wish to see new work published know the difficulties which abnormal taxation and high labour costs offer to the realisation of their desire. The one obvious solution of the problem is the publication of monographs that would focus attention upon recent work, or upon...
Page ix - In conclusion, I should like to express my thanks to the following...