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Creator:: Hodam, Barbara Lenore
Abstract:: One purpose of this study was to evaluate three commercial detergents by comparing their removals at 70 and 120°F. of palmitic acid and clay components of a simulated natural soil which had been applied to wool yarns by immersion and abrasion methods. These detergents were a built soap and two...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Fortune, Susan Houston
Abstract:: Thirteen fabrics containing "Rovana" (saran), "Verel" (mod-acrylic), and rayon were examined for colorfastness to light and laundering, shrinkage, tensile strength, elongation, abrasion-resistance and flammability. The fabrics represented three weaves: plain, twill and leno; and three colors: white, eggshell and turquoise. The fiber contents, according to the manufacturers, varied from 20...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Borchardt, Marilyn Ruth
Abstract:: The main goals of this study were: (1) to develop a combination of soiling, laundering, and soil detection procedures which would be accurate, reproducible, and relatively rapid; (2) to develop a quantitative method to detect artificial soil on fabrics by X-ray fluorescent spectroscopy; (3) to compare unfinished and Wurlan finished...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Duncan, Anne Elaine
Abstract:: The main objectives of this study were to determine if the manufacturer's claims for a soil-release-finished fabric were true and to determine if the finished fabrics were satisfactory from the consumers' point of view. Differently colored (white, blue and yellow) blouses constructed from soil-release-finished polyester knit fabrics and comparable unfinished...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Blair, Sarah Robison
Abstract:: A procedure is described for analyzing the nitrogen content of durable press cotton fabric at the rate of 20 samples per hour using the Technicon Kjeldahl Auto Analyzer equipped with a continuous digestor. This method was as good as or better than conventional micro -Kjeldahl technique s. Durable press cotton...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Handorf, Linda Lee
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to assess reactions to and opinions about color and color performance by women ages 45 to 54 years. Hypotheses were developed to test relationships and differences between both perception and acceptance of color change and: 1) the three primary colors, 2) the two methods...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Hsu, Jui-ling
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were: to compare the strength (single strand breaking load and loop breaking load), the elongation and the evenness of four types represented by 11 brands of polyester sewing threads available on the market in Corvallis, Oregon in January, 1976; to determine whether there were differences...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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