Usually means: Chemical treatment enhancing cotton luster.
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▸ noun:  Alternative form of mercerisation [A process of treating cotton with sodium hydroxide in order to make it more lustrous.]

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mercerisation, mandarining, hydrotreatment, sulfurization, decolourant, soda process, carroting, alkali cellulose, saponification, ceresine, more...

Opposite:
demercerization, unmercerization, de-mercerization

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Similar:
mercerisation, mandarining, hydrotreatment, sulfurization, decolourant, soda process, carroting, alkali cellulose, saponification, ceresine, more...

Opposite:
demercerization, unmercerization, de-mercerization



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