Environmental & Safety Issues - Clean Technology and Environmental Auditing
Abstract Leather production yields emissions to water, land and air – all of which are increasingly subjected to legislative control. Furthermore, safety for employees within the work place has to...
Chitosan in Leather Production Part 2: Further Studies of the Dyeing Behaviour of Chitosan Treated Leather
Abstract The rate and extent of uptake of C.I. Acid Yellow 83 onto chrome grain leather were enhanced by means of pretreatment with chitosan, the extent of this enhancement being...
Precision Measurements in the Determination of Chrome and Substances Soluble in Dichloromethane
Abstract In conjunction with the Chemical Analysis committee of the SLTC, Interlaboratory trials were organised for the testing of Chrome as Cr203 and substances soluble in Dichloromethane using BS 1309....
Vegetable Tannins and Tanning
Abstract The paper presents a necessarily brief review of tannins and tanning, covering the following topics. Tannins: Occurrence of tannins in nature, reason for existence and relationship to plant metabolism....