Understanding and improving the durability of textiles:

The ability of a fabric to resist wear is an essential aspect of its performance. Understanding and improving the durability of textiles provides a comprehensive guide to the factors affecting the durability of a range of different textiles. Part one addresses the different factors that affect texti...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Philadelphia, Pa. Woodhead Pub. 2012
Series:Woodhead publishing in textiles no. 132
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Online Access:FLA01
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Summary:The ability of a fabric to resist wear is an essential aspect of its performance. Understanding and improving the durability of textiles provides a comprehensive guide to the factors affecting the durability of a range of different textiles. Part one addresses the different factors that affect textile durability, including the influence of fabric construction and fibre type, as well as properties affecting strength and dimensional stability. Colour fastness and the effects of light are discussed, along with methods for testing and improving wrinkle-resistance and textile durability. Part two goes on to explore the durability of particular types of textile including antimicrobial textiles, protective clothing, historic textiles, silk and geotextiles. With its distinguished editor and international team of expert contributors, Understanding and improving the durability of textiles is an indispensable book for textile scientists, technologists, engineers and those designing, testing and manufacturing textiles. It also provides a comprehensive guide to textile durability for researchers and academics of all levels in this sector. Provides a comprehensive guide to the factors affecting the durability of a range of different textilesDiscusses colour fastness and the effects of light, and methods for testing and improving wrinkle-resistance and textile durabilityExplores the durability of particular types of textile
Item Description:"The Textile Institute."
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxii, 272 pages) illustrations
ISBN:0857097644
9780857097644
9781628700688
1628700688

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