Industrial application of natural fibres : structure, properties, and technical applications

Industrial application of natural fibres : structure, properties, and technical applications / edited by Jörg Müssig.

Natural fibres are becoming increasingly popular for use in industrial applications, providing sustainable solutions to support technical innovation. These versatile, natural based materials have applications in a wide range of industries, from textiles and consumer products to the automotive and co...

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Other Authors: Müssig, Jörg
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2010.
Subjects:
Plant fibers > Industrial applications.
Animal fibers > Industrial applications.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Textiles & Polymers.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Background: Historic Usage and Preservation of Cultural Heritage / Fenella G. France
  • What Are Natural Fibres? / Danny E. Akin, Michaela Eder, Ingo Burgert, Jörg Müssig, Tanja Slootmaker
  • Economic Aspects / Axel Drieling, Jörg Müssig, Nina Graupner, Jörg Müssig, Stephan Piotrowski, Michael Carus
  • Vegetable Fibres: Flax-Structure, Chemistry, Retting and Processing / Danny E. Akin
  • Hemp-Cultivation, Extraction and Processing / Stefano Amaducci, Hans-Jörg Gusovius
  • Jute-A Versatile Natural Fibre: Cultivation, Extraction and Processing / Md. Siddiqur Rahman
  • Abacá-Cultivation, Extraction and Processing / Friedhelm Göltenboth, Werner Mühlbauer
  • Sisal-Cultivation, Processing and Products / Rajesh D Anandjiwala, Maya John
  • Coir-Coconut Cultivation, Extraction and Processing of Coir / Chitrangani Jayasekara, Nalinie Amarasinghe
  • Cotton Production and Processing / Muhammed Rafiq Chaudhry
  • Animal Fibres: Mulberry Silk, Spider Dragline and Recombinant Silks / Anja Glišović, Fritz Vollrath
  • Wool-Structure, Mechanical Properties and Technical Products based on Animal Fibres / Crisan Popescu, Franz-Josef Wortmann
  • Testing and Quality Management. Testing Methods for Measuring Physical and Mechanical Fibre Properties (Plant and Animal Fibres) / Jörg Müssig, Holger Fischer, Nina Graupner, Axel Drieling
  • SEM Catalogue for Animal and Plant Fibres / Tanja Slootmaker, Jörg Müssig
  • Combined (In Situ) Methods / Ingo Burgert, Michaela Eder
  • DNA-Analytical Identification of Species and Genetic Modifications in Natural Fibres / Lothar Kruse
  • Cotton/Worldwide Harmonisation / Axel Drieling, Jean-Paul Gourlot
  • Flax-ASTM Standardisation and Harmonisation / Danny E Akin
  • Applications: Current and Potential. Composites / Tuomas Hänninen, Mark Hughes, Erwin Baur, Frank Otremba, Tim Huber, Nina Graupner, Jörg Müssig, Eugen Prömper, Martien van den Oever, Harriëtte Bos, Sanchita Bandyopadhyay-Ghosh, Subrata Bandhu Ghosh, Mohini Sain
  • Insulation Materials Based on Natural Fibres / Franz Neubauer
  • Natural Fibres in Geotextiles for Soil Protection and Erosion Control / Gero Leson, Michael V Harding, Klaus Dippon
  • Index.

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