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Manufactured Textile Fibers

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This chapter reviews the details of the manufacture of most of the major types of man-made fibers that have gone well beyond the research and development stage and have found a niche market, and the factors that contribute to the appreciation and understanding of the nomenclature, the history of the use of textiles, and the consumption trends of different types of fibers. Also addressed in this chapter are three general sections of interest. These include: methods by which the man-made fibers are produced in unusually fine, i.e., micro or nano, sizes, practical ways by which the important chemical and physical properties are commonly varied in fibers, and details of the use of fibers and textiles in medicine—a novel and increasingly popular and successful application.

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    Each year the ASTM publishes in its Book of Standards, the most recent and accepted definition and test methods used in the textile and fiber industries.

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Gupta, B.S. (2017). Manufactured Textile Fibers. In: Kent, J., Bommaraju, T., Barnicki, S. (eds) Handbook of Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52287-6_24

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