Handbook of Textile Fibre Structure: Volume 1: Fundamentals and Manufactured Polymer Fibres (Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles) - Hardcover

S. Eichhorn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845693809 ISBN 13: 9781845693800

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Due to their complexity and diversity, understanding the structure of textile fibres is of key importance. This authoritative two-volume collection provides a comprehensive review of the structure of an extensive range of textile fibres.

Key Features: the first title of a authoritative two-volume collection that provides a comprehensive review of the structure of a range of textile fibres; provides an overview of the development of fibre structure and methods to characterise fibres; examines the structure of both traditional and new fibres and natural and manufactured fibres; discusses fibre formation during processing and how this affects fibre structure.

Contents: Part 1 Introduction: Fibre structure: its formation and relation to performance; Spectroscopic characterisation of polymer fibres; X-ray analysis of partial crystalline fibre structure; Analysis of textile fibres using microscopy. Part 2 Manufactured polymer fibres: Structure development in synthetic fibre production; The structure of polyester fibres; Polyamide fiber formation: structure, properties and characterization; Synthesis, properties and structure of polylactic acid fibres; The structure of polyolefin fibres; The structure of acrylic, polyvinylalcohol (PVA) and polyvinylchloride (PVC) fibers; The processing, structure and properties of elastomeric fibres; Production and properties of high modulus and high strength polyethylene fibres; Structure and properties of aramid fibres; The structure and properties of high-modulus, high-tenacity VectranTM fibres; The structure of high modulus-high tenacity (poly-p-phenylenebenzobisoxazole) (PBO) fibers; The structure of high-modulus, high-tenacity PIPD M5 fibre; Electrospinning and its influence on the structure of polymeric nanofibres; Melt spinning and other techniques for the production of nanofibers and microfibers.

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About the Author

Dr Stephen Eichhorn is Senior Lecturer in Polymer Physics and Biomaterials in the Materials Science Centre at the University of Manchester. He is a member of the ACS Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division and the Institute of Physics. Professor John W. S. Hearle is Emeritus Professor of Textile Technology in the University of Manchester and is an Honorary Fellow and Honorary Life Member of the Textile Institute. Professor Michael Jaffe was with Celanese and Hoechst Celanese Research in the USA before leaving for the Biomedical Engineering Department at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Dr Takeshi Kikutani is a Professor in the Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He is a member of the Polymer Processing Society and The Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845693809
• ISBN 13: 9781845693800
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 524
• Editor: S. Eichhorn, J.W.S. Hearle, M. Jaffe