Chemical Testing of Textiles
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ISBN-13: 978 1 85573 917 8 September 2005 336 pages  234 x 156mm  hardback  Edited by Q Fan, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, USA Woodhead Textiles Series No. 40 …a useful book that will find a place in many textile laboratories worldwide. International Dyer  - a comprehensive overview of the chemical testing of textiles for both academia and industry  - provides extensive coverage of the chemical analysis procedures for a broad range of textiles  - compiled by a worldwide team of renowned experts Chemical testing of textiles is a comprehensive book aimed at giving a full overview of chemical testing for both academics and industry. It provides an extensive coverage of the chemical analysis procedures for a broad range of textiles. It introduces fundamental chemical concepts and rudimentary procedures and tries to balance the theoretical and practical parts of the contents. In most cases, the chemical analysis is undertaken with a test method regulated and updated by a professional organization. It serves as a great accompaniment to Physical testing of textiles. It has been compiled with the hard work of a team of contributors including professors, material researchers and textile analysts from Canada, Britain, Germany, and the United States of America. The opening chapter deals with fibre and yarn identification and is followed by nine separate chapters discussing different chemical analyses with regard to textiles. These include leather, feather/down, textile wet processes, fibre finishes, coatings, performance related tests, wastewater, and dyes and pigments. This book will be a valuable resource for academic and industrial chemists, lecturers and students of textile chemistry and related subjects. It will also serve as a practical guide for textile plant managers, process engineers, technologists, qualified practitioners, textile research and testing institutes, quality inspectors, chemist-colourists and textile designers.