Textiles category: 1016 books
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2005
It is a consumer’s instinct to use the sense of touch when choosing a garment; to describe and assess the fabric quality and its suitability for a specific end use. The way that the fabric feels is described as its handle or ‘fabric hand’. Fabric hand can be evaluated by mechanical or electronic...
Antifouling Surfaces and Materials
From Land to Marine Environment
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
This book reviews the development of antifouling surfaces and materials for both land and marine environments, with an emphasis on marine anti biofouling. It explains the differences and intrinsic relationship between antifouling in land and marine environments, which are based on superhydrophobicity...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2008
Concern about global warming has led to renewed interest in the more sustainable use of natural fibres in composite materials. This important book reviews the wealth of recent research into improving the mechanical properties of natural-fibre thermoplastic composites so that they can be more widely...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2016
Novel Fire Retardant Polymers and Composite Materials reviews the latest scientific developments and technological advances in the design and manufacture of fire retardant polymers and composite materials. Fire retardant polymeric materials are used in a broad range of applications in fields such...
Handbook of Textile Fibre Structure
Volume 2: Natural, Regenerated, inorganic and Specialist Fibres
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009
Due to their complexity and diversity, understanding the structure of textile fibres is of key importance. This authoritative two-volume collection provides a comprehensive review of the structure of an extensive range of textile fibres.
Volume 2 begins by reviewing natural fibres such as cellulosic,...
Fluoroplastics, Volume 2
Melt Processible Fluoropolymers - The Definitive User's Guide and Data Book
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Fluoroplastics, Volume 2: Melt Processible Fluoropolymers - The Definitive User's Guide and Data Book compiles the working knowledge of the polymer chemistry and physics of melt processible fluoropolymers with detailed descriptions of commercial processing methods, material properties, fabrication...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Polyesters and polyamides remain the most used group of synthetic fibres. This authoritative book reviews methods of their production, ways of improving their functionality and their wide range of applications.
The first part of the book describes raw materials and manufacturing processes,...
Polymer Crystallization I
From Chain Microstructure to Processing
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
The series Advances in Polymer Science presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in polymer and biopolymer science. It covers all areas of research in polymer and biopolymer science including chemistry, physical chemistry, physics, material science. The thematic volumes are addressed...
High-Performance and Specialty Fibers
Concepts, Technology and Modern Applications of Man-Made Fibers for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
This book reviews the key technologies and characteristics of the modern man-made specialty fibers mainly developed in Japan. Since the production of many low-cost man-made fibers shifted to China and other Asian countries, Japanese companies have focused on production of high-quality, high-performance...
Demilitarisation of Munitions
Reuse and Recycling Concepts for Conventional Munitions and Rocket Propellants
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Hitherto the disposal of munitions was mostly concerned with obsolete stocks, but the political developments in the states of the former Soviet Union have necessitated the disposal of vast quantities of current and obsolete stocks. Obviously, open burning/open detonation cannot be used on such a large...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2008
The textile industry is becoming an increasingly competitive environment. Differentiating products by quality is particularly important. Testing can be performed both to improve product quality and achieve compliance to international, regional or retailer specific standards. Fabric testing provides...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
Armed–Disarmed Effects in Carbohydrate Chemistry: History, Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies, by Bert Fraser-Reid and J. Cristóbal López
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A Survey of Ley’s Reactivity Tuning in Oligosaccharide Synthesis, by Ana M. Gómez
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“Active–Latent” Thioglycosyl Donors and Acceptors in Oligosaccharide...
Biobased Smart Polyurethane Nanocomposites
From Synthesis to Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Polyurethane nanocomposites present an attractive and sustainable way for designing smart materials that can be used in packaging, health and energy applications.
Biobased Smart Polyurethane Nanocomposites brings together the most recent research in the field from the basic concepts through...
by Nicolas Vogel
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
How can the two dimensional crystallization of colloids be used to form highly ordered colloidal monolayers on solid substrates? What application does this have in generating arrays of nanostructures? These questions are addressed in Nicolas Vogel's thesis. Vogel describes a simple preparation method...