THE CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY OF LEATHER
Volume IV - EVALUATION OF LEATHER

Contents:

Moisture and ash analyses of skin, hide and leather

Lipid extraction and characterization

Determination of hide substance in leather by the Kjeldahl method

pH Measurement

Evaluation of skins and hides

The evaluation of bating materials

The analyses of raw materials, extracts and spent materials containing tannin

The estimation and composition of fat liquor emulsion

Leather finishing

Sampling of leather for physical and chemical examination

Determination of mineral tanning agents

Analysis and tests of vegetable-tanned leather tannage components

Dynamic and nondestructive testing

Control and estimation of fungal resistance of leather

Physical and performance properties of leather