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C I: in hose, an abbreviation for "cloth concentricity: the uniformity of hose wall
inserted," a term applied to low strength small thickness as measured in a plane normal to the
diameter hose reinforced with a ply or plies of axis of the hose.
lightweight fabric.
conductive: a rubber having qualities of
C I tubing: a small diameter hose reinforced conducting or transmitting heat or electricity.
with a ply or plies of lightweight fabric. Most generally, applied to rubber products
Colloquial. capable of conducting static electricity.
circular woven jacket: a textile reinforcing control: a product of known characteristics
member produced on a circular loom for such which is included in a series of tests to provide
types of hose as fire hose. a basis for evaluation of other products.
clamp: in hose, a metal fitting or band used copolymer: a polymer formed from two or
around the outside of a hose end to bind the more types of monomers.
hose to a coupling, fitting or nipple.
cord breaker: an openly spaced cord fabric to
cloth impression: see fabric impression. spread impact or to improve cover adhesion or
both.
cold feed: the introduction of compounded
rubber into extrusion processing equipment corrugated cover: a longitudinally ribbed or
without milling. grooved exterior.

cold flex: see low temperature flexibility. corrugated hose: hose with a carcass fluted
radially or helically to enhance its flexibility or
cold flexibility: the relative ease of bending
following exposure to specified low reduce its weight.
temperature conditioning. count: in fabric, the number of warp ends, or
the number of filling picks, or both, in a square
cold flow: continued deformation under stress.
See also: creep and drift. inch of fabric.
coupled length: see hose assembly. coupling:
commercially smooth: a degree of smoothness a frequently used alternative term for fitting.
of an article which is acceptable in accordance
with industry practice. cover: the outer component usually intended to
protect the carcass of a product.
compound: the mixture of rubber or plastic
and other materials which are combined to give cover seam: the spiral or longitudinal joint
the desired properties when used in the formed by the lapping of hose cover stock.
manufacture of a product.
cover wear: the loss of material during use due
compound ingredient: a material added to a to abrasion, cutting or gouging.
rubber to form a mix.
cracking: a sharp break or fissure in the
compound material: a substance used as part surface. Generally caused by strain and
of a rubber mix. environmental conditions.

compression set: the deformation which crazing: a surface effect on rubber articles
remains in rubber after it has been subjected to characterized by multitudinous minute cracks.
and released from a specific compressive stress creep: the deformation, in either cured or
for a definite period of time at a prescribed uncured rubber under stress, which occurs with
temperature. (Compression set measurements lapse of time after the immediate deformation.
are for the purpose of evaluating creep and See also: cold flow, and drift.
stress relaxation properties of rubber).

conditioning: the exposure of a specimen
under specified conditions, e.g., temperature,
humidity, for a specified period of time before
testing.

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