Irish market research company, Research and Markets has introduced a new book to its offering, ‘Chemical Testing of Textiles’, which is aimed at giving a full overview of chemical testing for both academics and industry.

It provides coverage of the chemical analysis procedures for a broad range of textiles. It introduces fundamental chemical concepts and rudimentary procedures and tries to balance the theoretical and practical parts of the contents. In most cases, the chemical analysis is undertaken with a test method regulated and updated by a professional organisation and has been compiled by a team of contributors including professors, material researchers and textile analysts from Canada, Britain, Germany, and the USA.

The opening chapter deals with fibre and yarn identification and is followed by nine separate chapters discussing different chemical analyses with regard to textiles. These include leather, feather/down, textile wet processes, fibre finishes, coatings, performance related tests, wastewater, and dyes and pigments.

This book will be a valuable resource for academic and industrial chemists, lecturers and students of textile chemistry and related subjects.