Characterization of Polymers and Fibers. The Textile Institute Book Series

Table of Contents

1. Polymers 2. Fibre Extrusion by Melt Spinning 3. Spin Finish for Natural and Synthetic Fibres 4. Solution Spinning: Dry spinning 5. Regenerated Fibres 6. Fibre Characterization 7. Fibre Drawing and Crystallization 8. Polymer and Fibre Characterization by X-Ray diffraction 9. Annealing (Heat setting) of fibres 10. Overall Orientation of Textile Fibres Sonic Modulus and Birefringence 11. Texturing of Textile Fibres and Yarns 12. Tow-to Top Conversion of Textile Filaments 13. Thermal Characterization of Materials by Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) 14. Thermal Characterization of Natural and Synthetic Fibres by Thermogravemetric Analyser (TGA) 15. Dynamic Modulus Analysis 16. Bicomponent Fibres 17. FTIR Analysis of Natural and Synthetic Fibres 18. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Natural and Synthetic Fibres 19. Particle Size Analysis 20. Contact Angle and Surface Wettability Measurement 21. Scanning Electron Microscope 22. Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES) 23. Transmission Electron Microscope 24. Atomic Force Microscopy

Authors

Mukesh Kumar Singh Professor of Textile Technology, Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute, Kanpur, India. Mukesh Kumar Singh is Professor of Textile Technology at the Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute Kanpur, affiliated to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow India. Before joining academia in 1999, he worked at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi as Project Associate for the spinning industry. He has authored a previous Woodhead book titled Industrial Practices in Weaving Preparatory and has contributed chapters on related topics including cosmetotextiles and photovoltaic textiles in other books, as well as editing one other book. He teaches the subjects structure and properties of fibres, and characterization of materials since 1999 at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. His research experience is focused on polymer characterization and conversion of polymer to fibres. Annika Singh Assistant Professor of Bio-technology, CSJMU, Kanpur, India. Annika Singh is Assistant Professor of Bio-technology at the CSJMU, Kanpur, and was previously a Researcher at IIT Delhi, and Indian Institute of Pulse Researches, Kanpur. Her research experience is focused on biopolymer characterization.