Silk: processing, properties and applications

Silk is a natural, environmentally-friendly fibre with a remarkable range of properties, making it ideal for use in apparel and many other applications. Silk: Processing, properties and applications provides an authoritative reference on sericulture, silk fabric processing, silk properties and its a...

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Main Author: Murugesh Babu, K. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK Woodhead Publishing in association with the Textile Institute 2013
Series:Woodhead publishing in textiles 149
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Online Access:FLA01
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Summary:Silk is a natural, environmentally-friendly fibre with a remarkable range of properties, making it ideal for use in apparel and many other applications. Silk: Processing, properties and applications provides an authoritative reference on sericulture, silk fabric processing, silk properties and its applications. The book begins by looking at key aspects of sericulture, including the range of mulberry and non-mulberry species of silk worm, early and late stage rearing and harvesting of cocoons. Further chapters discuss reeling, weaving and spinning techniques as well as dyeing. The book also discusses the physical and chemical structure of silk as well as its mechanical and thermal properties. Concluding chapters discuss developments in applications and the properties of spider silk. Silk: Processing, properties and applications is useful for textile technologists, fibre scientists and all those with an interest in the characteristics of silk, its production and the varied uses of this important fibre. Provides an in-depth summary of silk production, properties and structure-property relationshipsExamines the future of silk, including its application in the textile, biomedical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industriesProvides an authoritative reference on sericulture, silk fabric processing, silk properties and its applications
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 182 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9781782421580
1782421580

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