Plastics & Rubber
General Engineering & Project Administration
Textiles
Description:
This general text gives an overview of the development, production, properties and applications of modern polymeric fibres. This second edition brings the coverage up to date and includes a chapter on fibers for the next millennium. Natural fibers can be improved, and specific functional properties introduced into them. Artificial wool, silk and fur for example, can be produced by mimicking the natural characteristics but with improved physical properties.