Abstract
Leather is the tough, wear-resistant material created from animal hides and skins by a number of processing steps:
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Hair, fur, dirt, fat, and other unwanted materials are removed from the hide.
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The hide is permanently altered as collagen, the principal protein present, is made into leather by being cross-linked with a tanning agent. Traditionally, vegetable tanning agents based on polyphenolics were (and still are) used. Commercially, chrome tanning agents, based on chromium sulphate, are used.
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The tanned leather is stabilized and finished.
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Fox, M.A. (1999). Leather. In: Glossary for the Worldwide Transportation of Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Materials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11890-0_41
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