Gebundenes Buch

Functional Finishes for Textiles

Improving Comfort, Performance and Protection

Herausgegeben: Paul, Roshan

Beschreibung

Functional finishes for textiles reviews the most important fabric finishes in the textile industry. It discusses finishes designed to improve the comfort and other properties of fabrics, as well as finishes which protect the fabric or the wearer. Each chapter reviews the role of a finish, the mechanisms and chemistry behind the finish, types of finish and their methods of application, application to particular textiles, testing and future trends.

Autor

Roshan Paul is associated with the Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University, Germany. He is also a Professor in the University of Beira Interior, Portugal. He has previously worked in the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain, Clariant, India, LEITAT Technological Center, Spain and Hohenstein Institute, Germany. He is a Chartered Textile Technologist and a Fellow of The Textile Institute (CText FTI), a Chartered Colourist and a Fellow of the Society of Dyers and Colourists (CCol FSDC), a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India) (CEng FIE), a Fellow of the Textile Association (India) (FTA), and a Senior Life Member of American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists. He is an alumnus of the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India.
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Produktdetails

• Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles
• Verlag: Woodhead Publishing
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2013-0-16373-8
• Erscheinungstermin: November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 34mm x 152mm x 229mm
• Gewicht: 1186g
• ISBN-13: 9780857098399
• ISBN-10: 085709839X
• Artikelnr.: 41486225

Rezensionen

"The chapters provide comprehensive literature reviews for each finish as well as discussing current chemistries and possible future developments, making the book valuable to both academic and industrial textile chemists." --AATCC Review

"...provides a thorough review of the topic, and will be an excellent resource for both R&D managers in the textiles industry and academic researches in the area of technical textiles." --Asian Textile Journal, December 2014