Mercerisation
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mercerisation is a noun meaning A process of treating cotton with sodium hydroxide in order to make it more lustrous.
Meaning
A process of treating cotton with sodium hydroxide in order to make it more lustrous.
Word Forms
- mercerisations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mercerization, cottonization, souring, carroting, mandarining, mercurization.
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