High Performance Glove Leather from Goat Skin: Role of Physico-Chemical Properties
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2014-09
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The chemical and physical characteristics of the goat skins are essential to make glove
leathers. The characteristic of skin can be analyzed by using Scanning Electron
Microscope (SEM), light microscope and studying histological structure of the skin as
well as through various chemical characteristics. The fiber opening operation as well as
the post tanning auxiliaries like syntans and fatliquors are known to significantly
influence the properties of glove leathers. The right choice of lyotropic agents, fatliquors
and syntans are critical to obtain the leathers with good gloving property. Hence, in this
thesis an attempt has been made to study the physico-chemical properties of the skin and
to study systematically the influence of various lyotropic agents, fatliqours and syntans
on the gloving properties of leather made from goat skins. Care was taken to ensure that
the properties of gloving leathers viz.run, softness, strength properties and other
subjective properties like smoothness and stretch based on the physico-chemical
properties of the skin were obtained.
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Glove Leather, Goat Skin, Physico-Chemical