Difference between pages "Thulium" and "Velveteen"

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[[File:54.620-SC44748.jpg|thumb|Child's dress<br>MFA# 54.620]]
 
== Description ==
 
== Description ==
 
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[[File:2000.966-SC58695.jpg|thumb|Square cover<br>MFA# 2000.966]]
A rare-earth element of the yttrium group. Thulium was discovered in 1879 by P.T.Cleve, a Swedish chemist. It has an abundance of 0.48 ppm in the earth's crust. Thulium occurs in rare earth minerals such as euxenite, ytterspar, sipylite and gadolinite. It is a silvery-white, metal that is easily worked. Thulium is used as a radioactive source in small, portable x-ray machines.
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A thick, soft fabric with a dense cut pile on one side. Velveteen is made with a weft pile while [[velvet|velvet]] is made with a warp pile. Velveteen is usually made from [[cotton|cotton]].
  
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
  
Tm
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velventine (Fr.); velours de coton (Fr.)
== Risks ==
 
  
* Dust is flammable. 
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[[File:Image3_802540.jpg|thumb|Bleached Velveteen]]
* Sensitive to moisture and air. 
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==Resources and Citations==
* Fisher Scientific: [https://fscimage.fishersci.com/msds/99064.htm MSDS]
 
 
 
== Physical and Chemical Properties ==
 
 
 
Soluble in dilute acids. Reacts slowly with water.
 
  
{| class="wikitable"
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* P.Tortora, R.Merkel (eds.), ''Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles'', Fairchild Publications, New York, 1996.
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! scope="row"| Composition
 
| Tm (atomic no. 69)
 
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! scope="row"| CAS
 
| 7440-30-4
 
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! scope="row"| Melting Point
 
| 1545-1550 C
 
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! scope="row"| Density
 
| 9.318 g/ml
 
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! scope="row"| Molecular Weight
 
| atomic wt = 168.934
 
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! scope="row"| Boiling Point
 
| 1725-1727 C
 
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==Resources and Citations==
 
  
* G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971  Comment: p. 179
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* Rosalie Rosso King, ''Textile Identification, Conservation, and Preservation'', Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ, 1985
  
* Richard S. Lewis, ''Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary'', Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
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* Edward Reich, Carlton J. Siegler, ''Consumer Goods: How to Know and Use Them'', American Book Company, New York City, 1937
  
* ''Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia'', Douglas M. Considine (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1976
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* Website: www.fabrics.net
  
* Random House, ''Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language'', Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
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* G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971  Comment: p. 846
  
* ''The Merck Index'', Martha Windholz (ed.), Merck Research Labs, Rahway NJ, 10th edition, 1983  Comment: entry 9535
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* Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velveteen (Accessed Nov. 29, 2005)
  
* ''The American Heritage Dictionary'' or ''Encarta'', via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
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* Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000
  
  
  
 
[[Category:Materials database]]
 
[[Category:Materials database]]

Latest revision as of 10:51, 25 June 2022

Child's dress
MFA# 54.620

Description

Square cover
MFA# 2000.966

A thick, soft fabric with a dense cut pile on one side. Velveteen is made with a weft pile while Velvet is made with a warp pile. Velveteen is usually made from Cotton.

Synonyms and Related Terms

velventine (Fr.); velours de coton (Fr.)

Bleached Velveteen

Resources and Citations

  • P.Tortora, R.Merkel (eds.), Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, Fairchild Publications, New York, 1996.
  • Rosalie Rosso King, Textile Identification, Conservation, and Preservation, Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ, 1985
  • Edward Reich, Carlton J. Siegler, Consumer Goods: How to Know and Use Them, American Book Company, New York City, 1937
  • Website: www.fabrics.net
  • G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 846