Fibre Structure

Content: Inside Front Cover , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv PREFACE , Page v , J.W.S. HEARLE, R.H. PETERS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS , Pages vi-vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS , Pages xxi-xxv CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION , Pages 1-20 , R.H. Peters CHAPTER 2 - CELLULOSE AND ITS DERIVATIVES , Pages 21-45 , A. Sharples CHAPTER 3 - SYNTHETIC POLYPEPTIDES AND FIBROUS PROTEINS , Pages 46-110 , C.H. Bamford, A. Elliott CHAPTER 4 - SYNTHETIC FIBRE-FORMING POLYMERS AND CO-POLYMERS , Pages 111-180 , I. Goodman CHAPTER 5 - TACTIC POLYMERS , Pages 181-208 , M. Gordon CHAPTER 6 - THE DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS OF FINE STRUCTURE , Pages 209-234 , J.W.S. Hearle CHAPTER 7 - OBSERVED FINE STRUCTURE IN PLANT FIBRES , Pages 235-268 , R.D. Preston CHAPTER 8 - THE FINE STRUCTURE OF ANIMAL AND MAN-MADE FIBRES , Pages 269-310 , J. Sikorski CHAPTER 9 - THE NON-CRYSTALLINE STATE , Pages 311-331 , L.R.G. Treloar CHAPTER 10 - THE CRYSTALLINITY OF HIGH POLYMERS , Pages 332-390 , A. Keller CHAPTER 11 - SURFACE STRUCTURE , Pages 391-421 , J. Sikorski CHAPTER 12 - COTTON AND OTHER VEGETABLE FIBRES , Pages 422-454 , T.L.W. Bailey jun., V.W. Tripp, A.T. Moore CHAPTER 13 - RAYON AND ACETATE FIBRES , Pages 455-479 , N.S. Wooding CHAPTER 14 - FIBRES FROM CONDENSATION POLYMERS , Pages 480-523 , A.B. Thompson CHAPTER 15 - FIBRES FROM ADDITION POLYMERS , Pages 524-533 , V.I. Furness CHAPTER 16 - A SURVEY OF THE GROSS STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF PROTEIN FIBRES , Pages 534-566 , M.L. Ryder CHAPTER 17 - GLASS FIBRES , Pages 567-593 , P.E. Jellyman CHAPTER 18 - ASBESTOS , Pages 594-620 , E.J.W. Whittaker CHAPTER 19 - STRUCTURE, PROPERTIES, AND USES , Pages 621-640 , J.W.S. Hearle NAME INDEX , Pages 641-654 SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 655-667 Fibre Structure is a 19-chapter text that emerged from lectures presented at the Manchester College of Science and Technology. The interest of fiber studies lies to some extent in the important part textile materials play in general living and in industrial products and operations. The first chapters deal with the chemistry of fiber-forming polymers, followed by considerable chapters on the controversial subject of the fine structure of fibers. The remaining chapters describe the special features of all the important fibers, including glass and asbestos. Textile scientists, researchers, and m