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textile made from the
fibers of the
flax plant.
Linen is very
strong and absorbent, and it
dries faster than
cotton.
Because of
these properties, linen...
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Flax, also
known as
common flax or linseed, is a
flowering plant,
Linum usitatissimum, in the
family Linaceae. It is
cultivated as a food and
fiber crop...
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Scutching is a step in the
processing of
cotton or the
dressing of
flax or hemp in
preparation for spinning. The
scutching process separates the impurities...
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Cotton was
first used with a
mixture of silk to make
paper called Carta Bombycina. In the 1800s,
fiber crops such as
flax fibers or
cotton from used...
- made from wood, used for spinning,
twisting fibers such as wool,
flax, hemp, and
cotton into yarn. It is
often weighted at
either the bottom, middle, or...
- Cereals/Grains such as barley, oats, rice,
sorghum (millet), and
wheat Flax Cotton Legumes including beans (common, fava, garbanzos, etc.), lentils, peas...
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textile finishing treatment for
cellulose fabric and yarn,
mainly cotton and
flax,
which improves dye
uptake and tear strength,
reduces fabric shrinkage...
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various finished products Textile mill Silk mill, for silk
Flax mill, for
flax Cotton mill, for
cotton Huller (also
called a rice mill, or rice husker) is used...
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development (e.g. Nuhi, Talhi, Jafari, Mamuni, Mansouri). Bast (hemp and
flax),
cotton, and old rags and
ropes were the
major input materials for producing...
- be
created up
until 1885 when the
first synthetic fiber was made.
Cotton and
flax are two of the most
common natural fibers that are used today, but...
