Tenacity (gpd)

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Tenacity (gpd) - The term generally used in yarn manufacture and textile engineering to denote the strength of a yarn or of a filament for its given size. Numerically it is the grams of breaking force per denier unit of yarn or filament size; grams per denier, gpd. The yarn is usually pulled at the rate of 12 in./min. Tenacity equals breaking strength (grams) divided by denier.

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