American Mining Congress. The fourteenth annual session of the Congress will be held in Chicago, October 24th to 28th inclusive. The convention promises to be the most successful in the history of the organization, and the following subjects will receive special consideration: The prevention of mini
THE ACTION OF CAUSTIC SODA LYE ON COTTON
✍ Scribed by Hübner, Julius ;Teltscher, F.
- Book ID
- 102883767
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1909
- Weight
- 542 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-4075
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✦ Synopsis
Tlic crtcnt to which cnustic sodn is nbsorbcd by cotton from strong lycs, nntl tlic dcgrco of tcnncity with trliicli tho nbsorllcd s o h is rctninctl by the fibrc, wcro first stutlicd qunntitntirely by J. 11. Glndstonc (J. Chcni. Soc., 5, 17). Glndstonc's nicthod of ernminotion consisted in imnicrsing 20 grin. lots of cotton in cnustic sotla soltitions of mrious conccntrntions, esprcssing the liquor nnd rcpcntcdly wnshing the nintcrinl with nbsolutc nlcoliol. Aftcr clryinF in n rnciiiim the nniount. of s o h rctnincrl wns tletcrnnncd citlicr by noting tho incrcnsc in w i g h t of thc cotton, or by ivnshing thc sodn out with wntur, ernpornting with sulphuric ncid, n i d weighing n s sodium sulplintc. On stccping cotton in n lye too diluto to produco Jlcrcrr's wcl:-known effect nnd subsequently tron!ing ns nliore indicnteil. no incrcnso in \wight Ivns obscrwtl, nncl Glndstonc thcrcforo concludcd tltnt s o h wns not nbsorbccl
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Hiibner and Popc demonstrated in a pnpcr rend boforc tllis Sqciety (I'ol. 23, 1904, p. 404) tlint tlic production of tlio lustrc during nierccrisntion of cotton ynrn and cloth depen&s upon three fnctoia, nnniclp, tho shrinking, t,lic swvclling, and tlic untwisting of tlic individual cotton fibres ;