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Synonyms for pill

tablet

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a bitter pill (to swallow)

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Synonyms for pill

an unpleasant, tiresome person

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Synonyms for pill

something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size

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a unpleasant or tiresome person

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something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured

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The ratings of pilling treated with anti pilling agents on polyester/cotton fabric are shown in table-1(a,b,c) which revealed that different anti pilling agents have significant effect on the pilling of fabric.
.The grey scale rating(Pilling rating of fabric before applying anti pilling agents) for F1 (Metastab ZC), F2 (Texicil GC) ,F4(Knittex RCT),F5(Dicrylan PSF) and F6(Wuxizyme RCL)is recorded moderate to slight pilling(3-4), slight pilling(4), moderate to slight pilling(3-4), slight pilling(4) and severe to moderate pilling(2-3).
In case of finish concentration (C) the results shows that as we increase the concentration pilling decrease.
Treated samples reduced the pilling in comparison with untreated samples the results show that the pilling of treated samples was reduced significantly.
Also biotechnology offers an environmentally friendly alternative way of finishing cellulose-based synthetics, reducing their tendency towards pilling, giving better fabric handling and improving dye ability [6].
Effect of Different Anti Pilling Agents to reduce Pilling on Polyester/ Cotton Fabric
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