Sustainability in the textile and apparel industries : sourcing synthetic and novel alternative raw materials /: sourcing synthetic and novel alternative raw materials. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Miguel Angel Gardetti, editors.
• Editors: Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan; Gardetti, Miguel Ángel
• Contents: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Important Step in Sustainability: Polyethylene Terephthalate Recycling and the Recent Developments -- Introduction -- Recycling of PET-Based Materials -- Cleaning Process -- Crushing Process -- Washing Process -- Drying Process -- Chopping Process -- Recycling Methods -- Mechanical Recycling -- Chemical Recycling -- Applications of Recycled PET -- Applications of Mechanically Recycled PET -- Applications of Chemically Recycled PET -- Recent Commercial Developments -- Conclusions -- References Thinking Textile Materials from Their Nature: Ethical Materials for Fashion Design with Technological, Social, and Aesthetic Sense -- Introduction -- The Unsustainability of Culture and Fashion -- Thinking About the Cultural Sphere -- Thinking About Fibers and Environmental Sustainability -- Understanding Physical and Chemical Characterization of Fibers: Silk Produced in the Department of Cauca and Wool from the Cundiboyacense Plateau -- Silk Fiber -- Colombian Creole Sheep Wool Fiber -- Building the System for Fibers and Textiles: Suppliers of Sustainable Fashion, Silk, and Wool Social System, Design System as a Living Laboratory -- The Dynamics of a Living Laboratory -- Understanding the Know-How of the Socio-technical Systems of Wool and Silk Through Immersion -- Laboratory Understanding of Know-Hows: Silk -- Laboratory Understanding of Know-Hows: Wool -- Laboratory: Re-signifying Knowledge -- Thinking About Doing Laboratory: Building Tissues and Non-tissues -- Laboratory: Thinking About Thermo-chromatic Dyeing and Softness as Added Value -- Making Design -- Sustainable Decisions of the Design System -- Results -- Conclusions -- References Sustainable Green-Based Composites from Renewable Resources in Textile: Industrial Cotton Wastes -- Introduction -- Polymers -- Natural Fibers -- Cotton Fiber -- Textile Recycling Processes -- Polypropylene -- Materials and Methods -- Blends Preparation -- Production Techniques -- Mechanical Characterizations -- Results and Discussion -- Mechanical Properties -- Tensile Strength -- Elongations (%) -- Elasticity Modulus (MPa) -- Izod Impact (kJ/m2) -- Hardness (Shore D) -- Melt Flow Index -- Conclusion -- References -- Sustainability in Regenerated Textile Fibers -- Introduction Production of Regenerated Sustainable Fibers -- Fiber Produced with N-Methylmorpholine-N-Oxide (NMMO) Route -- Alternatives to NMMO Process -- Eco-Responsible Viscose Rayon -- Lyocell -- Production of Lyocell Fibers -- Environment Friendliness of Lyocell -- Toxicological Aspect -- Fibrillation of Lyocell Fibers -- Primary Fibrillation -- Secondary Fibrillation -- Defibrillation of Lyocell -- Advantages of Lyocell -- Developments in Lyocell -- Wet Cleaning of Tencel/Lyocell -- Tencel A-100 New Development -- Lyocell Fibers with REFIBRA™ Technology -- Uses and Applications of Lyocell
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (202 pages)
• Subjects: 677.0286; Textile industry -- Environmental aspects; Clothing trade -- Environmental aspects; Textile fabrics -- Technological innovations; Clothing trade -- Environmental aspects; Textile fabrics -- Technological innovations; Textile industry -- Environmental aspects; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030380137; 3030380130
• Related ISBNs: 9783030380120
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 23, 2020).
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