Experiments in Textile and Fibre Chemistry

ContentsGeneral NotesDetermination of Dry Weight of Fibrous PolymersPart 1. Analytical Methods Experiment 1. Determination of Available Chlorine in Sodium Hypochlorite Solution 2. Determination of the Hardness of Water 3. Estimation of Iron in Water 4. Determination of the Saponification Value of An Oil 5. Determination of the Iodine Value of An Oil 6. Use of the Ph Meter 7. Use of Ph Indicators in Acid-Base Titrations 8. Determination of the Nitrogen Content of An Organic Substance by the Kjeldahl Method 9. Paper Chromatography—Principles and Techniques 10. Separation of Amino Acids by Paper Chromatography 11. Thin Layer Chromatography 12. Chromatography On Ion-Exchange Paper 13. Separation of Amino Acids by Paper Electrophoresis 14. Identification of N-Terminal Amino Acids by the 'Dansyl' Method 15. The Spekker Photo-Electric Absorptiometer 16. Determination of the Cystine Content of a Protein 17. Determination of the Tyrosine Content of a ProteinPart 2. Experiments On Proteins 18. The Milling of Wool Fabrics 19. Supercontraction of Wool 20. The Acid Combining Value of Untreated and Acetylated Wool 21. Rendering Wool Resistant To Acid Dyeing 22. The Alkali Solubility of Wool 23. Effect of Breaking Disulphide Cross-Links in Wool 24. Cross-Linking Wool With Formaldehyde 25. Formation of Lanthionine Linkages in Wool 26. Isolation of the α-, β- and ɤ-Keratose Fractions From Oxidized Wool 27. Carbonizing of Wool 28. Chlorination of Wool Fabric 29. A Kinetic Study of the Reaction of Wool With Chlorosulphamic Acid 30. Rendering Wool Non-Felting with Chlorosulphamic Acid 31. Shrinkproofing Wool by Interfacial Polymerization of Polyamides 32. Properties and Reactions of SilkPart 3. Experiments On Carbohydrates 33. Preparation of α- and β-Glucose Penta-Acetates 34. Preparation of Cellobiose Octa-Acetate From Cellulose 35. Preparation of Cellobiose From Cellobiose Octa-Acetate 36. Determination of α-, β- and ɤ-Cellulose 37. Absorption of Methylene Blue by Cellulose 38. Fluidity of Cellulose in Cuprammonium Hydroxide Solution 39. Determination of the Copper Number of Cellulose 40. Mercerizing of Cotton 41. Preparation of Cellulose Triacetate and Its Hydrolysis to Secondary Acetates 42. Preparation and Analysis of Cellulose Acetate-Stearate 43. End-Group Analysis of Starch by Periodate OxidationPart 4. Experiments On Synthetic Polymers 44. Preparation of a Urea-Formaldehyde Resin 45. Preparation of Polystyrene 46. Polymerisation of Acrylonitrile 47. Preparation of Nylon 66 and Nylon 610 48. Identification of the Hydrolysis Products of Nylon 66 49. Identification of the Hydrolysis Product of Nylon 6 50. Chromatographic Identification of Nylons 51. Properties of Polyester FibresAppendix Table of Atomic Weights Four Figure Logarithmic Tables