FSAD 4360 - Fiber Chemistry

Spring. 3 credits.

Prerequisite: senior or first-year graduate standing. Offered alternate years.

C. C. Chu.

Discusses the chemical and physical structure of several commercially important fibers, such as cotton, wool, silk, polyesters, nylons, acrylics, polyolefins, and spandex, and their polymerization process. Gives the general chemical and physical properties of each. Discusses degradation reactions for certain fibers such as polyolefins and acrylics.