Textile Chemicals: Environmental Data and Facts

ISBN-13: 9783642623462 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 1184 str.

K. Lacasse; Werner Baumann

Opis

Clothing is an inherent necessity for human beings. Textiles protect us from unfavourable weather and other environmental calamities. Moreover, textiles are instruments of social and cul tural affiliation and self-acceptance while at the same time fulfiling our desire for individuality. These reasons motivated textile development that results in ever more sophisticated dothing in all ethnic societies today. Fashion becomes something like body language, a "second skin" that accentuates style and rank, sex and power, or their opposites. In our modem society, fashion attains a new dimension as synthetic fibres are manufactured and new chemical finishing treatments developed. Considering the wool of a sheep and an end fashioned pullover, it is evident that, in course of time, textiles have become "complicated" Trying to answer the question "how does the sheep fibre become the pullover" is simultaneously the an swerof "what is textile finishing." Almost 2500 different chemicals can be used to colour and prepare a certain fibre in such a way that it will be able to fulfil modem functionalized requirements such as having easy-care proper ties, etc."

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"The extensive book ... is based on a study by the Institute for Environmental Research of the University of Dortmund ... . It gives an extensive overview of environmentally relevant data through the entire textile pipeline, in which over 2,500 chemicals are initiated worldwide. ... The book is supplemented by an alphabetical list of textile chemicals, the eco-labels and their scope of testing, as well as an extensive table of textile chemicals ... their function in the textile process, their application and further references." (Technische Textilien, Vol. 47 (2), 2004)

Spis treści

1. General Information.- 2. Legal regulations.- 3. The textile chain (from raw materials to finished goods).- 4. Pretreatment.- 5. Colouring.- 6. Finishing.- 7. Environmental considerations for textile processes and chemicals.- 8. Glossary on textile finishing.- 9. Summary.

O autorze

Werner Baumann: Verfahrenstechniker, langjährige Arbeit im Bereich ökologische Branchenkonzepte; zahlreiche Buchpublikationen im Springer-Verlag z.B. zur Druck-, Farben- Gummi-, Metall-, Papier oder Fotobranche; Gutachter in verschiedenen Bereichen
Katia Lacasse: Diplom-Chemikerin, die Arbeitsschwerpunkte sind: Textilchemie, Verfahren der Textilveredelung, Produkt- und Stoffbewertungen (Toxikologie, Ökologie, Arbeitsschutz, Verbrau-cherschutz), Produktverantwortung

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Blurb

This data- and factbook contains state-of-the-art information on the environmental aspects of 2,500 chemicals currently used in the textile industry worldwide. The authors have worked closely with industrial practitioners and managers of textile plants to ensure that only state-of-the-art science and technology are included. The texts preceding the extended tables present comprehensive overviews of the processes presently in use, as well as of important and relevant governmental regulations. The data sheet for each chemical spans carefully selected, relevant environmental and production-related data. In addition, textile engineers and specialists involved in the risk assessment and control of these chemicals will find that the overviews given on each chemical, its field of application and its function in production processes make this volume a valuable tool for their frequent reference.