The prevention of the acid degradation of industrial cotton fabrics is a problem of considerable importance, since such degradation often causes serious financial loss. Some data gathered during an investigation of a special phase of the acid hydrolysis which occurs in the cotton sewing thread used to sew paper bags for certain types of fertilizer may prove of help in the eventual solution of the problem.
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