The process was discovered by John Mercer in 1850 when he noticed that cotton undergoes a general swelling and shrinking when it is treated with caustic soda solution.

该工艺是杰恩·默瑟在1850年发明的，他发现棉经过苛性钠处理后，会有膨胀和收缩现象。

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The influences of swelling agent solution concentration, treating temperature and time on the modification to flax fabric were studied to find the optimum modification conditions.

通过比较膨化剂浓度、改性温度和时间的改变对提高亚麻纤维染色性能的影响，优化出提高亚麻纤维染色性能的最佳改性工艺。

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He talks to the researchers who are chronicling the plasticisation of the oceans, a swelling suspended solution of pulverised plastic.

ECONOMIST: A history of waste