MODERN TECHNOLOGY OF BLEACHING, DYEING PRINTING & FINISHING OF TEXTILES

The Natural Fibres Cotton Nature of cotton fibres Fibre characteristics Chemical properties Mercerised cotton Modified and improved cottons Linen Rippling Retting Scutching Characteristics of linen fibres Wool Nature of wool fibres Felting Physical characteristics of wool fibres Recovered wool fibres Goat and rabbit fibres Silk Cultivated silk Reeling of silk Weighting of silk Silk characteristics Miscellaneous fibres Kapok fibre Sisal Asbestos fibre The Main Made Fibres Regenerated cellulose Cellulose acetate, Synthetic glass and fibres made by fibrillation The conception of man made fibres Definition of fibre terms Chardonnet rayon Viscose rayon Basic manufacturing processes Purification Continuous methods of viscose rayon manufacture Special treatments Special types of viscose rayon Fine filament rayon High-tenacity rayon Polynosic rayons Darelle Cellulose acetate fibres Cellulose di-and tri-acetate Cellulose acetate manufacture Die-acetate fibre manufacture Alginate Rayon Seaweed fibre The Synthetic fibres Polyamide Fibres Nylon Early researches The nature of nylon Condensation and polymerisation Details of nylone manufacture Use of stretching Distinctive properties Dyeing and finishing problems Polyester fibres Terylene and Dacron Kodel Polyolefine fibres Polyethylene fibres Polypropylene fibres Vinylon Rhovyl Zefran Darvan Glass fibres