Microfibres

Textile Progress

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-86

  Mukhopadhyay, S ^a   Ramakrishnan, G ^b  

^a Anuradha Engineering College   (India)

^b KUMARAGURU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Advanced spinning; Microdenier fibres; Microfibres

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC; AIR-JET SPINNING; DYEING; FIBER FINENESS; HYDROLYSIS; KNITTING; LYOCELL FIBER; MICROFIBER; POLYESTER; SPINNERET; SYNTHETIC FIBER; SYNTHETIC POLYAMIDE; VISCOSE RAYON; WEAVING;

EID: 65349175037     PISSN: 00405167     EISSN: 17542278     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405160801942585     Document Type: Article

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