mercerize

English edit

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Mercerised cotton

Alternative forms edit

(UK) mercerise

Etymology edit

Mercer +‎ -ize, named after John Mercer of Great Harwood, Lancashire, who invented the process in the mid-19th century.

Verb edit

mercerize (third-person singular simple present mercerizes, present participle mercerizing, simple past and past participle mercerized)

(transitive) To treat (cotton fabric) with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes.

Derived terms edit

mercerisation, mercerization

Translations edit

to treat cotton with NaOH

Catalan: merceritzar (ca)
Finnish: merseroida
German: merzerisieren (de)
Italian: mercerizzare
Romanian: merceriza (ro)
Spanish: mercerizar (es)