Environmental impact of textiles : production, processes and protection /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Slater, Keith
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: Textile Institute (Manchester, England)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boca Raton : Cambridge, Eng. : CRC Press ; Woodhead Pub., 2003.
• Σειρά: Woodhead publishing in textiles ; 27.
• Θέματα: Textile industry > Environmental aspects.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Textiles & Polymers.; Electronic books.

This comprehensive book examines the effects that all phases of textile production and use have on the environment, from growing or making fibres to discarding a product after its useful life has ended. It looks at the physical environment affected by these processes, including resource depletion, p...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1 Structure and stability of the ecosystem; 2 The health of our planet; 3 The nature of textiles; 4 Textile fibre production; 5 Yarn production; 6 Fabric production; 7 Fabric treatment processes; 8 Use of textiles; 9 Environmental protection; 10 Effects on textiles of natural exposure; 11 Thermal exposure; 12 Chemical and microbiological attack; 13 Protection of or by textiles from environmental damage; 14 Conclusions; Section 1 Cotton scouring with enzymes; Section 2 Wool scouring with enzymes; Section 3 Bleaching with peroxide; Section 4 Sizing and desizing.