_______________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | Concentration | | | | | | of lye (NaOH) | 5 deg.B. | 10 deg.B. | 15 deg.B | 25 deg.B | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Duration of | | | | | | | | | | | | action in | 1 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 30 | | | minutes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Temperatures | Percentage shrinkages (Egyptian yarns) as under:-- | | as under:-- | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 deg. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12.2 | 15.2 | 15.8 | 19.2 | | 18 deg. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 11.8 | 19.8 | | 30 deg. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 19.0 | | 80 deg. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 9.8 | 13.4 | |_______________|___|____|____|___|____|____|______|______|______|______| _______________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | Concentration | | | | | of lye (NaOH) | 25 deg.B | 30 deg.B | 35 deg.B | | | | | | | | | | | | Duration of | | | | | | | | | | action in | 10 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 30 | | minutes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Temperatures | Percentage shrinkages (Egyptian yarns) as under:-- | | as under:-- | | | | | | | | | | 2 deg. | 19.8 | 21.5 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 24.2 | 24.5 | 24.7 | | 18 deg. | 20.1 | 21.0 | 21.2 | 22.0 | 22.3 | 23.5 | 23.8 | 24.7 | | 30 deg. | 19.5 | 19.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 19.8 | 20.7 | 21.0 | 21.1 | | 80 deg. | 13.7 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 15.2 | 15.4 | |_______________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|