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Trade Review"The Handbook of Properties of Textile and Technical Fibres provides a thorough and authoritative overview of the properties of a wide range of natural and synthetic fibres." --Asian Dyer
Table of Contents1. Introduction to the science of fibers 2. Testing and characterization of fibers Part One Animal fibres 3. Properties of wool 4. Physical, chemical, and tensile properties of cashmere, mohair, alpaca, and other rare animal fibers 5. Silk: fibers, films, and compositesdtypes, processing, structure, and mechanics 6. Engineering properties of spider silk Part Two Plant fibres 7. Tensile properties of cotton fibers: importance, research, and limitations 8. Tensile properties of flax fibers 9. Hemp, jute, banana, kenaf, ramie, sisal fibers Part Three Regenerated fibres 10. Regenerated cellulosic fibers 11. Structure and behavior of collagen fibers 12. The chemistry, manufacture, and tensile behavior of polyamide fibers 13. Tensile failure of polyester fibers 14. Tensile properties of polypropylene fibers 15. Polyacrylonitrile fibers 16. Tensile fatigue of thermoplastic fibers Part Four High performance reinforcing synthetic fibres 17. Liquid crystalline organic fibers and their mechanical behavior 18. The manufacture, properties, and applications of high-strength, high-modulus polyethylene fibers 19. The structure and properties of glass fibers 20. Basalt fibers 21. The properties of carbon fibers 22. Small-diameter silicon carbide fibers 23. Continuous oxide fibers 24. Fibers made by chemical vapor deposition
