Experiments in Textile and Fibre Chemistry

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages v-vi
General notes, Pages ix-x
Determination of dry weight fibrous polymers, Pages xi-xiv
1 - Determination of ‘available’ chlorine in sodium hypochlorite solution, Pages 3-5
2 - Determination of the hardness of water, Pages 6-8
3 - Estimation of iron in water, Pages 9-10
4 - Determination of the saponification value of an oil, Pages 11-12
5 - Determination of the iodine value of an oil, Pages 13-15
6 - Use of the pH meter, Pages 16-18
7 - Use of pH indicators in acid-base titrations, Pages 19-22
8 - Determination of the nitrogen content of an organic substance by the Kjeldahl method, Pages 23-25
9 - Paper chromatography—principles and techniques, Pages 26-29
10 - Separation of amino acids by paper chromatography, Pages 30-32
11 - Thin layer chromatography, Pages 33-35
12 - Chromatography on ion-exchange paper, Pages 36-38
13 - Separation of amino acids by paper electrophoresis, Pages 39-42
14 - Identification of N-terminal amino acids by the ‘Dansyl’ method, Pages 43-47
15 - The Spekker photo-electric absorptio-meter, Pages 48-51
16 - Determination of the cystine content of a protein, Pages 52-55
17 - Determination of the tyrosine content of a protein, Pages 56-58
18 - The milling of wool fabrics, Pages 61-63
19 - Supercontraction of wool, Pages 64-65
20 - The acid combining value of untreated and acetylated wool, Pages 66-68
21 - Rendering wool resistant to acid dyeing, Pages 69-71
22 - The alkali solubility of wool, Pages 72-75
23 - Effect of breaking disulphide cross-links in wool, Pages 76-78
24 - Cross-linking wool with formaldehyde, Pages 79-80
25 - Formation of lanthionine linkages in wool, Pages 81-84
26 - Isolation of the α-, β- and γ-keratose fractions from oxidised wool, Pages 85-90
27 - Carbonising of wool, Pages 91-93
28 - Chlorination of wool fabric, Pages 94-96
29 - A kinetic study of the reaction of wool with chlorosulphamic acid, Pages 97-100
30 - Rendering wool non-felting with chlorosulphamic acid, Pages 101-102
31 - Shrinkproofing wool by interfacial polymerisation of polyamides, Pages 103-104
32 - Properties and reactions of silk, Pages 105-107
33 - Preparation of α- and β-glucose penta acetates, Pages 111-114
34 - Preparation of cellobiose octa-acetate from cellulose, Pages 115-117
35 - Preparation of cellobiose from cellobiose octa-acetate, Pages 118-121
36 - Determination of α-, β- and γ-cellulose, Pages 122-125
37 - Absorption of methylene blue by cellulose, Pages 126-129
38 - Fluidity of cellulose in cuprammonium hydroxide solution, Pages 130-133
39 - Determination of the copper number of cellulose, Pages 134-137
40 - Mercerising of cotton, Pages 138-140
41 - Preparation of cellulose triacetate and its hydrolysis to secondary acetates, Pages 141-144
42 - Preparation and analysis of cellulose acetate-stearate, Pages 145-147
43 - End-group analysis of starch by periodate oxidation, Pages 148-150
44 - Preparation of urea-formaldehyde resin, Pages 153-155
45 - Preparation of polystyrene, Pages 156-160
46 - Polymerisation of acrylonitrile, Pages 161-164
47 - Preparation of nylon 66 and nylon 610, Pages 165-169
48 - Identification of the hydrolysis products of nylon 66, Pages 170-172
49 - Identification of the hydrolysis product of nylon 6, Pages 173-175
50 - Chromatographic identification of nylons, Pages 176-178
51 - Properties of polyester fibres, Pages 179-183
TABLE OF ATOMIC WEIGHTS FOR USE IN CALCULATIONS, Page 184
Four figure logarithmic tables, Pages 185-188
Index, Pages 189-194