Textile Digest

Textile Digest, Quarterly Journal of the Textile Association (India), Ganesh Bhwan, Suparibang Road, Bombay 2. 

Mercerized cellulose fibers have improved luster and do not shrink further. One of the main reasons for mercerizing textiles is to improve their receptivity to dyes. This improvement may result more from the dismption of the crystalline regions rather than the partial conversion to a new crystal stmcture. A good example of the fundamental importance of the particular crystal form is the difference in rate of digestion by bacteria. Bacteria from cattle mmen rapidly digest Cellulose I but degrade Cellulose II very slowly (69). Thus aHomorphic form can be an important factor in biochemical reactions of cellulose as well as in some conventional chemical reactions. 

Robinson, C. P., Ciccotosto, S., and Sparrow, L. G. (1993). Identification of a key enzyme in the digestion of wool by larvae of the webbing clothes moth, Tine-ola bisselliella. /. Textile Inst. 84, 39-48. 

Industrial Uses. Papain is used in the leather industry to prepare the sides for tanning. Its proteolytic action removes some of the undesirable proteins which adhere to the hide and thus facilitates the subsequent tanning process. In the textile industry, the treatment of wool fibers with papain has been found to reduce the shrinkage from laundering. This appears to be caused by the abihty of the enzyme to destroy the elastic properties of wool protein. Because of its digestive action on protein, papain is used as a spot remover in the laundry and dry cleaning business. 

Comparing and Contrasting Match each of the following research topics with the branch of chemistry that would study it water pollution, the digestion of food in the human body, the composition of a new textile fiber, metals to make new coins, a treatment for AIDS. 

Sample preparation is again a key step in the analysis. The sample to be analysed is usually in solution in order to be efficiently introduced and atomised in the flame or plasma. For many solid samples, such as dyed/printed textiles, this will involve digestion in strong acid followed by ashing in a furnace (to break down organics and drive off carbon and hydrogen). After ashing the sample is taken up in some acid and diluted to volume prior to atomic analysis. 

Textile Research Journal, Textile Research Institute, 10 East 40th St., New York, 16, N. Y. (1, 4, 5). Textile Technology Digest, Institute of Textile Technology, Charlottesville, Va. (5). 

In 1944, both Natural a Synthetic Fibers 209) and Textile Technology Digest 214) were started. The former, edited by Harris and Mark, is a loose-leaf literature and patent service with full abstracts of selected articles. The latter, compiled by the Institute of Textile Technology, has relatively short abstracts and covers leading textile journals. 

Textile Research Journal Textile Technology Digest... 

Textile Technology Digest, Institute of Textile Technology, Charlottesville, Va. 

Indexes and Abstracts. The literature searcher must learn to use the periodical indexes. Chemical Abstracts (33), British Abstracts (32), and the journals that regularly publish abstracts of articles appearing in other journals. Often material needed can be found only in the most recent journal. The Engineering Index (2 2) and the Industrial Arts Index (22) are excellent sources for current literature. The American Dyestuff Reporter 29) the Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists 35, The Journal of the Textile Institute (33), the Textile Research Journal 39, and the Textile Technology Digest 4-0, publish abstracts and contain patent literature. 

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