Bamboo Fibres
Processing, Properties and Applications
- 1st Edition - July 11, 2022
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Authors: K. Murugesh Babu, S.M. Chandrasekhara
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 7 8 2 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 9 2 6 - 6
Bamboo Fibres: Processing, Properties, and Applications brings together best practices from key stages of bamboo production and application, allowing readers to find new solutions… Read more
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Request a sales quoteBamboo Fibres: Processing, Properties, and Applications brings together best practices from key stages of bamboo production and application, allowing readers to find new solutions for bamboo fibers. Chapters on bamboo fiber characterization and properties show the full range of functional uses of the material. When used as a replacement for petrochemical-based synthetic fibers, this abundant and cheap material/textile can significantly reduce the environmental impact of textile products. This book is an invaluable resource for fiber chemists, material scientists, fabric technologists, manufacturers, and researchers interested in sustainable textiles.
Bamboo fiber is a cellulosic fibre regenerated from the bamboo plant. It is highly sustainable being fully biodegradable and has strength comparable to conventional glass fibers. It has many other valuable characteristics, being bacteriostatic, antifungal, antibacterial, hypoallergenic, hydroscopic, a natural deodorizer, and resistant to ultraviolet light. Furthermore, it is highly durable, stable and tough and has substantial tensile strength. Due to its versatile properties, bamboo fibers are already used in the textile industry to make garments, in biomedical applications due to its antibacterial qualities, and many other areas.
- Explores special technical properties of bamboo fibers, including antimicrobial, bacteriostatic, antifungal, antibacterial, hypoallergenic, hydroscopic and mechanical properties
- Provides innovative knowledge on the production of bamboo fibers, including the blending of yarns and fabrics
- Explains the broader techno-economics of bamboo fiber production, covering the social as well as environmental sustainability of the material
Researchers in academia and industry interested in sustainable textiles and fibres
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the authors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter one. Introduction and history of bamboo fibres
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction to bamboo and bamboo fibres
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter two. Growth characteristics of bamboo: types of bamboo, morphology of bamboo
- Abstract
- 2.1 World distribution of bamboo
- 2.2 Bamboo growth habitat
- 2.3 Growth process
- 2.4 Bamboo growing areas in India
- 2.5 Morphology of bamboo
- 2.6 Types of bamboo
- 2.7 Other varieties of bamboo (Chinese varieties)
- 2.8 Chemical composition of bamboo
- References
- Chapter three. Extraction methods for bamboo fibres: various extraction methods, different types of bamboo fibres
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Bamboo fibre extraction methods
- 3.3 Types of mechanical extraction methods
- 3.4 Bamboo fibre process by chemical methods
- 3.5 Biological methods
- 3.6 Combined mechanical and chemical extraction methods
- 3.7 Extraction of fibres from bamboo shoot shell
- 3.8 Production of regenerated (pulp) bamboo fibres
- 3.9 Types of bamboo fibres
- 3.10 Summary
- References
- Chapter four. Characterisation of bamboo fibres
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 The chemical composition of bamboo fibres
- 4.3 Cellulose
- 4.4 Hemicellulose
- 4.5 Lignin
- 4.6 Structure of the bamboo fibre at the macro- and microlevel
- 4.7 Morphology of the elementary bamboo fibres
- 4.8 Studies on characterisation of structure of bamboo fibres
- 4.9 X-ray diffraction studies
- 4.10 Degree of crystallinity
- 4.11 FTIR studies
- 4.12 Summary
- References
- Chapter five. Properties of bamboo fibres: physical, performance, comfort, thermal, and low stress mechanical properties
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Physical properties of natural bamboo fibres
- 5.3 Tensile properties
- 5.4 Stress relaxation behaviour
- 5.5 Physical properties of bamboo viscose (pulp) fibres
- 5.6 Thermal properties
- 5.7 Low stress mechanical properties of bamboo and bamboo blended fabrics
- 5.8 Summary
- References
- Chapter six. Production and properties of bamboo yarns and fabrics
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Production and properties of bamboo and bamboo blended yarns
- 6.3 Physical properties of bamboo and bamboo blended yarns
- 6.4 Mechanical properties of yarns
- 6.5 Yarn evenness testing
- 6.6 Yarn hairiness
- 6.7 Production and properties of bamboo and bamboo blended fabrics
- 6.8 Tensile strength and tearing strength
- 6.9 Abrasion resistance
- 6.10 Pilling
- 6.11 Crease recovery
- 6.12 Flammability
- 6.13 Fabric stiffness
- 6.14 Drape
- 6.15 Permeability
- 6.16 Moisture content and moisture regain
- 6.17 Fabric wetting
- 6.18 Summary
- References
- Chapter seven. Antimicrobial properties of bamboo, bamboo fibres, and fabrics
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Antibacterial properties of bamboo extract
- 7.3 Antimicrobial properties of bamboo fibres and fabrics
- 7.4 Summary
- References
- Chapter eight. Chemical processing of bamboo and bamboo products
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Summary
- References
- Chapter nine. Applications and technoeconomics of bamboo fibres
- Abstract
- 9.1 Applications in the textile industry
- 9.2 Bamboo fibres in fashion
- 9.3 Bamboo fibres in paper production
- 9.4 Bamboo fibres in the construction industry
- 9.5 Bamboo fibre in composites
- 9.6 Future trends and technoeconomics of bamboo fibres
- 9.7 Summary
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 11, 2022
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- No. of pages: 252
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323857826
- eBook ISBN: 9780323909266
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K. Murugesh Babu
Dr Babu is Professor and Head of the Department of Textile Technology, and Dean (Public & International Affairs), at the Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology (BIET), Davangere, Karnataka, India. Dr. Babu has been involved in several international assignments. In 2006, he was invited to the University of Oxford in the UK, to join a 1-year research project on silk based biomaterials. From 2007 to 2008, Dr. Babu was involved in advanced research on shape memory textiles and garments, at the Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. In 2014, Dr. Babu was awarded with the prestigious Commonwealth Fellowship by the Association of Commonwealth Universities, based in the UK. Under this fellowship, he was invited to become a Visiting Professor at the University of Maroua, Cameroon, Central Africa, in order to establish and develop the Department of Textiles. His main research areas include silk-based biomaterials, natural fibre based eco-biocomposites, eco-friendly processing, organic cotton processing and eco-management concepts, natural anti-microbial agent based finishing of cotton and other fibres, and bamboo-blended fabric production and characterization.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Karnataka, IndiaSC
S.M. Chandrasekhara
Dr Chandrsekhara is an assistant professor at the Department of Textile Technology of Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology (BIET), Davangere, Karnataka, India. He has more than 20 years of teaching experience and has taught several courses related to natural fibres, fabric manufacturing and chemical processing of textiles. He has carried out extensive research on bamboo fibres, their characterisation and their blends and has published several papers in this area.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Textile Technology, Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Karnataka, IndiaRead Bamboo Fibres on ScienceDirect