Manmade Fibres: Their origin and development - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1851668888 ISBN 13: 9781851668885

Publisher: Springer, 1993

Synopsis

This volume presents the proceedings of an international symposium co-sponsored by the History of Chemistry, Polymer, Material Science and Engineering, Polymer Chemistry and Cellulose, Paper and Textile Division of the American Chemical Society on the history of manmade fibres at its 201st national annual meeting in Atlanta in 1991. It contains chapters on a wide range of fibres both from an historical perspective and with a view to outlining new materials and novel uses.

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Synopsis

Natural fibres, such as wool, silk and cotton, have been used for many thousands of years. However the possibility that manmade fibres could be synthesized was overlooked until three centuries ago when Hooke in his "Micrographia" suggested that artificial substances that could be wire drawn could be utilized. A useful filament was not produced until the last part of the 19th century, when Swann and de Chardonnet extruded a solution of cellulose nitrate (collodion) through small holes (spinnerets). These pioneer manmade fibres were replaced by rayon fibres which were spun from an alkaline cellulose xanthate solution (viscose), which were in turn supplemented by cellulose acetate and many synthetic fibres. This volume represents the proceedings of a symposium organized by the American Chemical Society on the history of manmade fibres at its annual meeting in 1991, and contains chapters on a wide range of fibres both from an historical perspective and with a view to outlining new materials and novel uses. It includes topics as varied as the use of acrylic resins for the conservation of antiquities, the uses of cellulose graft copolymers, and the history of viscose rayon.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851668888
• ISBN 13: 9781851668885
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 478
• Editor: Seymour R.B., Porter R.S.