FSAD 4360 - Fiber Chemistry

Spring (offered alternate years). 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Enrollment limited to: senior or first-year graduate standing.

X. Zeng.

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.