Understanding and Improving the Durability of Textiles

<p>Contributor contact details</p> <p>Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Part I: Aspects of textile durability</p> <p>Chapter 1: The influence of fabric construction and fibre type on textile durability: woven, knitted and nonwoven fabrics</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>1.1 Introduction</p> <p>1.2 Woven, knitted and nonwoven fabric structures</p> <p>1.3 Fibre and yarn properties that affect fabric durability</p> <p>1.4 Durability of woven, knitted and nonwoven fabric structures</p> <p>1.5 Durability of technical textiles: medical and breathable textiles</p> <p>1.6 Future trends</p> <p>1.7 Sources of further information and advice</p> <p>1.8 Acknowledgement</p> <p>Chapter 2: Strength properties of fabrics: understanding, testing and enhancing fabric strength</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>2.1 Introduction</p> <p>2.2 Principles of fabric strength and its influence on durability</p> <p>2.3 Methods for testing fabric strength</p> <p>2.4 Factors affecting fabric strength</p> <p>2.5 Approaches to enhance fabric strength</p> <p>2.6 Examples of durable textiles</p> <p>2.7 Future trends</p> <p>Chapter 3: Dimensional stability of fabrics: resistance to shrinkage and other dimensional changes</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>3.1 Introduction</p> <p>3.2 Types of shrinkage</p> <p>3.3 Treatments to maximise dimensional stability in fabrics</p> <p>3.4 Case study: minimising shrinkage in knitted fabrics</p> <p>3.5 Future trends</p> <p>Chapter 4: Durable press treatments to improve the durability and wrinkle resistance of cotton and other fabrics</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>4.1 Introduction</p> <p>4.2 Development of durable press reagents</p> <p>4.3 Properties affected by durable press treatments and other methods to improve durability</p> <p>4.4 Recent developments and future trends</p> <p>Chapter 5: Colour fastness</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>5.1 Introduction</p> <p>5.2 Principles of colour fastness</p> <p>5.3 Colour fastness and dye-fibre system mechanism</p> <p>5.4 Testing colour fastness</p> <p>5.5 Applications and examples of colour fastness tests</p> <p>5.6 Future trends</p> <p>5.7 Sources of further information and advice</p> <p>Chapter 6: Effects of light exposure on textile durability</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>6.1 Introduction</p> <p>6.2 The influence of sunlight on natural fibres</p> <p>6.3 The influence of sunlight on synthetic and high performance textiles</p> <p>6.4 The process of photochemical destruction of textile materials</p> <p>6.5 Assessing the durability of textiles to light exposure</p> <p>6.6 Methods for improving the durability of textiles exposed to light</p> <p>6.7 Future trends</p> <p>Chapter 7: Testing textile durability</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>7.1 Introduction</p> <p>7.2 Durability in textiles</p> <p>7.3 Textile test methods</p> <p>7.4 Testing strength and abrasion resistance</p> <p>7.5 Testing for color loss in use</p> <p>7.6 Testing the effects of laundering on fabric properties</p> <p>7.7 Conclusions</p> <p>Part II: Durability of particular types of textiles</p> <p>Chapter 8: Durable antimicrobial textiles: types, finishes and applications</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>8.1 Introduction</p> <p>8.2 Microbial degradation of natural fibers</p> <p>8.3 Microbial degradation of synthetic fibers</p> <p>8.4 Antimicrobial treatments for textiles</p> <p>8.5 Applications of antimicrobial finishes: the example of medical textiles</p> <p>8.6 Future trends and conclusions</p> <p>8.7 Sources of further information and advice</p> <p>Chapter 9: Durability of protective clothing</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>9.1 Introduction</p> <p>9.2 Testing the durability of protective clothing</p> <p>9.3 Other factors that can affect the durability of protective clothing</p> <p>9.4 Future trends and conclusions</p> <p>Chapter 10: Durability of historic textiles</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>10.1 Introduction</p> <p>10.2 Main durability issues that affect historic textiles</p> <p>10.3 Durability of different fibres and fabrics</p> <p>10.4 Physical context, environment and storage conditions</p> <p>10.5 Conservation of historic textiles</p> <p>10.6 Case studies of historic textiles</p> <p>10.7 Conclusion</p> <p>Chapter 11: Silk durability and degradation</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>11.1 Introduction</p> <p>11.2 Key issues for silk durability</p> <p>11.3 Deterioration of silk</p> <p>11.4 Methods to improve the durability of silk</p> <p>11.5 The impact of treatments to improve the durability of silk</p> <p>11.6 Future trends</p> <p>11.7 Sources of further information and advice</p> <p>Chapter 12: Durable geotextiles</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>12.1 Introduction</p> <p>12.2 Durability of nonwoven geotextiles in chemical and waste leachate solutions</p> <p>12.3 Protection performance of nonwoven geotextiles in waste landfill</p> <p>12.4 Weatherability of woven geotextiles for soft ground improvement</p> <p>12.5 Durability of nonwoven geotextiles in simulated seawater solution</p> <p>12.6 Conclusions</p> <p>Index</p>