Handbook of Properties of Textile and Technical Fibres

Handbook of Properties of Textile and Technical Fibres, Second Edition introduces tensile properties and failure and testing of fibers, also examining tensile properties and the failure of natural fibers, such as cotton, hemp, flax, agave, wool and silk. Next, the book discusses the tensile properties and failure of synthetic fibers, ranging from polyamide, polyester, polyethylene and carbon fibers. Chapters provide a general background of the fiber, including its manufacture, microstructure, factors that affect tensile properties and methods to improve tensile failure. With its distinguished editor and international contributors, this book is an important reference for fiber scientists, textile technologists, engineers and academics.

Offers up-to-date coverage of new and advanced materials for the fiber and textile industriesReviews structure-property relationships of high-performance natural, synthetic polymer and inorganic fibersOffers a range of perspectives on the tensile properties of fibers from an international team of authors with diverse expertise in academic research and in textile development and manufacture

1. Introduction to the science of fibers 2. Testing and characterization of fibers

Part One Animal fibres 3. Properties of wool 4. Physical, chemical, and tensile properties of cashmere, mohair, alpaca, and other rare animal fibers 5. Silk: fibers, films, and compositesdtypes, processing, structure, and mechanics 6. Engineering properties of spider silk

Part Two Plant fibres 7. Tensile properties of cotton fibers: importance, research, and limitations 8. Tensile properties of flax fibers 9. Hemp, jute, banana, kenaf, ramie, sisal fibers

Part Three Regenerated fibres 10. Regenerated cellulosic fibers 11. Structure and behavior of collagen fibers 12. The chemistry, manufacture, and tensile behavior of polyamide fibers 13. Tensile failure of polyester fibers 14. Tensile properties of polypropylene fibers 15. Polyacrylonitrile fibers 16. Tensile fatigue of thermoplastic fibers

Part Four High performance reinforcing synthetic fibres 17. Liquid crystalline organic fibers and their mechanical behavior 18. The manufacture, properties, and applications of high-strength, high-modulus polyethylene fibers 19. The structure and properties of glass fibers 20. Basalt fibers 21. The properties of carbon fibers 22. Small-diameter silicon carbide fibers 23. Continuous oxide fibers 24. Fibers made by chemical vapor deposition