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Textiles & Polymers eBooks

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  • Silk

    A World History

    by Aarathi Prasad ...
    A Smithsonian Magazine Best History Book of 2024A Library Journal Selection for Best Nonfiction of 2024A Next Big Idea Book Club Must-Read for April“Aarathi Prasad’s Silk: A World History is a love song to this protean material. . . . Beautiful [and] fascinating.” —Wall Street Journal"Aarathi Prasad spins a masterpiece of a story, as luminous, supp... ... Read more

    PHP1,159.79

  • Make: Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing 2014

    by Mark Frauenfelder ...
    It’s 3D Printing: The Next Generation! The technology’s improving, prices are dropping,new models are hitting the market, and 3D printers are appearing on desktops, workbenches, lab shelves, and kitchen tables all over the world. Not only are we seeing better, faster, and cheaper 3D printers, we’re also seeing new printing materials, easier-to-use design software, powerful scanning technology, and ... Read more

    PHP418.79

  • Tracing Textile Production from the Viking Age to the Middle Ages

    Tools, Textiles, Texts and Contexts

    by Ingvild Øye ...
    This book concerns textile production at the fringes of north-western Europe - areas in western Norway and the North Atlantic in the expanding, dynamic and transformative period from the early Viking Age into the Middle Ages. Textiles constitute one of the basic needs in human life - to protect and keep the body warm but also to show social status and affiliations. Textiles had a wide spectrum of ... Read more

    PHP1,200.49

  • Fundamentals of Textiles and their Care-5th ed.

    by Susheela Dantyagi ...
    This book takes into account the needs of consumers and home science students. It deals with various aspects of textiles, both natural and synthetic, colours and dyes in fabrics, and properties of soap and laundering. The new topics added are: scope of textiles, high tenacity viscose rayon, permanent press in fabrics, and home dyeing.  ... Read more

    PHP288.60

  • Adaptaciones en prendas de vestir. TCPF0109

    by Desirée Durán Portillo ...
    Adquirir conocimientos para adaptar y personalizar prendas de vestir, tanto en textil como en piel, utilizando todos los métodos y recursos disponibles con las herramientas correctas para cada proceso. Obtener un producto de calidad y hacer que la prenda parezca otra completamente distinta, adaptada a la anatomía del usuario y teniendo en cuenta medidas y rectificaciones en patrón. Ebook ajustado ... Read more

    PHP525.64

  • Demilitarisation of Munitions

    Reuse and Recycling Concepts for Conventional Munitions and Rocket Propellants

    Edited by Victor G. Bar'yakhtar, T. Rosendorfer ...
    Series Book 16 - NATO Science Partnership Subseries
    Hitherto the disposal of munitions was mostly concerned with obsolete stocks, but the political developments in the states of the former Soviet Union have necessitated the disposal of vast quantities of current and obsolete stocks. Obviously, open burning/open detonation cannot be used on such a large scale, not least for environmental considerations.There are two main technical problems ... Read more

    PHP7,580.79

  • Chemistry and Technology of Thermosetting Polymers in Construction Applications

    by M.H. Irfan ...
    Polymeric products are used widely in the construction industry, because they offer a range of desirable performance properties not available from traditional materials. Development of these products continues in a number of major research and development programmes within the construction materials sector, aimed at improving the performance, durability and applicational properties of these ... Read more

    PHP7,580.79

  • Membrane Technology: Applications to Industrial Wastewater Treatment

    Edited by Ana Caetano, M.N. de Pinho, Enrico Drioli, Herbert Muntau ...
    Series Book 1 - Environmental Science and Technology Library
    This publication presents the lectures given at the course on Advanced Separation Technology for Industrial Waste Minimization: Environmental and Analytical Aspects (13-15 October, 1992, Ispra, Italy) organized jointly by the Technical University of Lisbon, University of Calabria and the Environment Institute of the Joint Research Centre of the Commission of the European Communities at Ispra. This ... Read more

    PHP4,873.19

  • Handbook of Liquid Crystals—Volume II

    Advanced Aspects and Applications

    by Shri Singh ...
    This expert and self-contained authored handbook provides comprehensive coverage of liquid crystals from the fundamental materials science, physics, and modeling through cutting-edge applications. Written by an author with over 40 years of active experience in this growing field, it offers an unprecedented self-contained treatment of this key research area.Liquid Crystals are a state of matter ... Read more

    PHP12,465.49

  • A Guide to Making a Leather Wallet - A Collection of Historical Articles on Designs and Methods for Making Wallets and Billfolds

    by Various ...
    This vintage handbook offers insights into the fundamental practice of leather wallet crafting. This early text on leather craft includes historical articles that would be both expensive and hard to find. It contains easy to follow instructions on making leather gloves, and of the designs and techniques involved. Contents include: Leather Crafting; Billfolds; How to Make a Billfold or Wallet; ... Read more

    PHP399.11 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Uppers, Leather and Findings

    by A. Michael ...
    Uppers, Leather and Findings is a vintage catalogue of shoe and boot parts and accessories published by New York shoe manufacturer Michael Arthur. Also including some short anecdotes, jokes, and even poetry, this illustrated little volume will appeal to those with an interest in historical footwear, and it would make for a charming addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: ... Read more

    PHP399.11 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Facts Worth Knowing About Leather, Boots, and Shoes

    by J. H. Walker ...
    Facts Worth Knowing About Leather, Boots, and Shoes is a concise guide to shoe manufacturing and the shoe industry, published by Chicago shoe manufacturers “Walker Tannery”. It includes information on a variety of related subjects, as well as details concerning the company, it's ethics and ethos, quality of goods, and so on. This volume will appeal to those with an interest in historical ... Read more

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  • The American Tanner - Containing Improved and Quick Methods of Curing, Tanning, and Coloring the Skins of the Sheep, Goat, Dog, Rabbit, Otter, Beaver, Muskrat, Mink, Wolf, Fox, Etc, and other Heavier Hides

    Including a Plain Description of the Necessary Utensils, and Practical Directions for Their use

    by N. R. Briggs ...
    This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to curing, tanning and colouring the skins of sheep, goat, dog, rabbit, otter, beaver, mink, wolf, and more. With useful illustrations and practical directions for the proper use of tools, this volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in leather working. Contents include: "Utensils", "Preparing the Hides or Skins", "To Soak the Hides ... Read more

    PHP399.11 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sustainability : Carbon Footprints And Recycling In Textile Industry

    by Dr. Arindam Basu ...
    This book offers a comprehensive yet accessible exploration of sustainability within the textile and clothing industry, addressing the urgent need to balance development with environmental responsibility. It introduces key concepts such as Life Cycle Analysis, Carbon Footprint, Water Footprint, and Ecological Footprint, explaining their application and calculation methods specifically in textile ... Read more

    PHP869.12

  • Textile Mechanical Finishing

    by Dr. N. N. Mahapatra ...
    In Textile manufacturing, finishing refers to the processes that convert the woven or knitted cloth into a usable material and more specifically to any process performed after dyeing the yarn or fabric to improve the look, performance, or "hand" (feel) of the finished textile or clothing. The precise meaning depends on context. ... Read more

    PHP869.12

  • Digital Fashion

    Artificial Intelligence, Virtual, and Other Emerging Applications

    Edited by Abu Sadat Muhammad Sayem ...
    Series series Textile Institute Professional Publications
    Digital fashion has emerged as a multidisciplinary field of knowledge that attracts overlapping interests from academics, researchers, and professionals coming from fashion design, business and technology, computer science, software engineering, animation and gaming, anthropometrics, supply chain management, Industry 4.0, big data, artificial intelligence, and industrial sustainability. This book ... Read more

    PHP6,083.24

  • Sewing Machines and Processes

    Edited by Yordan Kyosev ...
    Sewing Machines and Processes presents modern engineering fundamentals of sewing processes and machines for the complete spectrum of sewing stitches. The book covers the construction, working principles, and the mechanics of single systems, such as needle motion, thread tension and compensation devices, material transportation, and grippers and knives.Describing elements for chain stitch, overlock ... Read more

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  • Dyes from Discard: Upcycling Tea Waste for Sustainable Fabric Dyeing

    by Vinitha Moolchand Thadhani ...
    Dyes From Discard: Upcycling Tea Waste For Sustainable Fabric Dying promotes circular resource use in the textile industry by exploring sustainable textile colouration through the innovative use of tea waste. While natural dyes currently account for only 5% of the global market due to challenges like cost, availability, and reproducibility, this work demonstrates how these limitations have ... Read more

    PHP3,712.89

  • Fluoropolymer Additives

    Edited by Sina Ebnesajjad, Richard Morgan ...
    Series series Plastics Design Library
    Fluoropolymer Additives, Second Edition provides practical information on this group of additives, along with their applications and proper and safe handling. Chapters cover how commercial additives have been updated, providing a starting point where readers can begin the process of selection of additives for their own applications. Fully updated sections on applications provide the readers with a ... Read more

    PHP15,204.19

  • Chitin and Chitosans in the Bioeconomy

    by Serge Perez, Jean-Luc Wertz ...
    Chitin is the second most abundant natural polymer in the world after cellulose, mainly derived from the food waste of shrimp and crabs. Chitosan is the most important derivative of chitin. Thanks to their biodegradability, non-toxicity, biocompatibility, bioactivity, and versatile chemical and physical properties, chitin and chitosan derivatives are used in a wide variety of applications, ... Read more

    PHP3,997.36

  • Handbook of Applied Polymer Processing Technology

    by Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff, Paul N. Cheremisinoff ...
    Series series Plastics Engineering
    "Offers detailed coverage of applied polymer processing--presenting a wide range of technologies and furnishing state-of-the-art data on polymer components, properties, and processibility. Reviews fundamental rheological concepts. Contains over 1600 bibliographic citations, some 450 equations, and over 400 tables, drawings, and photographs." ... Read more

    PHP35,344.09

  • Advanced Wood Adhesives Technology

    by A. Pizzi ...
    This work discusses the latest innovations in the manufacture of wood adhesives, and shows how to test their composition. Methods of varying parameters to obtain particular effects are explained, and background summaries of each class of adhesives are provided. ... Read more

    PHP5,503.83

  • Polymeric Foams

    Science and Technology

    by Shau-Tarng Lee, Chul B. Park, N. S. Ramesh ...
    Series series Polymeric Foams
    Polymers are among the major hallmarks of 20th-century science, and the explosive outgrowth and tremendous importance of polymeric foams is a testament to their amazing versatility and unique properties. With applications from automotive to acoustic and medical, polymeric foams pervade all areas of our lives. If this growth is to continue into the ... Read more

    PHP18,830.87

  • Expanding Monomers

    Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications

    by Rajender Kumar Sadhir, Mr. Russell M. Luck ...
    Expanding Monomers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications provides a thorough discussion of expanding polymer systems and their potential applications. The scope of the book includes background information on conventional monomers, their polymeric systems, and associated shrinkage problems. Monomers that expand during polymerization are covered in detail, including their synthesis and ... Read more

    PHP4,518.83