Silk
Processing, Properties and Applications
- 2nd Edition - December 6, 2018
- Author: K. Murugesh Babu
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 2 5 4 0 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 2 5 4 1 - 3
Silk: Processing, Properties and Applications, Second Edition, examines all aspects of silk technology, including its manufacture, processing, properties, structure… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSilk: Processing, Properties and Applications, Second Edition, examines all aspects of silk technology, including its manufacture, processing, properties, structure-property relationships, dyeing, printing and finishing, and applications. This new edition is updated and expanded to include the very latest developments in silk production. Detailed chapters discuss silk reeling and silk fabric manufacture, the structural aspects of silk, its mechanical and thermal properties, and silk dyeing. Further chapters focus on the latest developments in terms of processing and applications, covering emerging topics, such as spider silks, non-mulberry silks, the printing and finishing of silk fabrics, and by-products of the silk industry.
This book will be a highly valuable source of information for textile technologists, engineers and manufacturers, fiber scientists, researchers and academics in natural fibers or textile technology.
- Offers in-depth coverage of silk production, properties and structure-property relationships
- Provides an authoritative reference on sericulture, silk fabric processing and applications of silk
- Expanded to include non-mulberry silks, printing and finishing of silk fabrics, and by-products of sericulture
Textile technologists, engineers and manufacturers; Industry professionals involved in the production and processing of silk fibres and fabrics; Fiber scientists; Researchers and academics in natural fibres, silk technology, textile technology and fibre science
- No. of pages: 272
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: December 6, 2018
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081025406
- eBook ISBN: 9780081025413
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