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New Materials Permeable to Water Vapor

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Harro Träubel

    1. Leverkusen, Germany

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  • First book on water vapour permeable materials like leather substitutes, sports textiles or filter materials.
  • Gives the background information and the latest techniques
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Leather and Artifical Leather

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Leather

      • Harro Träubel
      Pages 3-10

    3. Coating of Textiles

      • Harro Träubel
      Pages 11-20

    4. Definitions

      • Harro Träubel
      Pages 21-23

    5. Water Vapor Permeability

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      Pages 24-25

    6. Microporous Products: Comparison of the Structure and Properties

      • Harro Träubel
      Pages 26-30

  3. Ways To Create Water Vapor Permeability by Elimination of Solid or Liquid Products

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. Ways To Create Microporosity

      • Harro Träubel
      Pages 39-39

    3. Elimination of Solid Particles — Especially Leaching of Salts

      • Harro Träubel
      Pages 40-45

    4. Coagulation of Polyurethanes

      • Harro Träubel
      Pages 46-63

    5. Microporosity by Evaporation of Volatile Products

      • Harro Träubel
      Pages 64-74

    6. Reactive Processes

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      Pages 75-85

  4. Porosity by Other Means

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Blowing and Foaming

      • Harro Träubel
      Pages 107-114

    3. Microporosity by Controlled Melting Processes

      • Harro Träubel
      Pages 115-117

    4. Perforation

      • Harro Träubel
      Pages 118-119

    5. Discontinuous Coatings — e.g. by Printing

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      Pages 120-120

    6. Flocking

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      Pages 121-123

    7. Crystallization of Homopolymers

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      Pages 124-128
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About this book

During the past 40 years many patents and articles have been published which describe methods and materials for water vapor permeable materials. These materials were primarily designed to substitute leather in its look and per­ formance. Later other industrial applications were found where microporosity or water vapor permeability could be used. The aim of this book is to give a survey of this matter, describing in an abridged way all the publications existing up to 1996. The terms "water vapor permeable material", "artifiGialleather", "synthetic leather", "leather substitute" or "man-made leather" are defined, and the special characteristics of leather are compared with its substitutes. Then the special methods used to produce microporous and hydrophilic materials, suitable substrates, end uses in fields other than wearing purposes, testing methods, as well as patent strategies and ecological behavior are discussed. Each chapter starts with general remarks about the the specific characteris­ tics of its motto; then published examples belonging to the subjects of the chap­ ter are described. Sources of most of the literature have been the "Textilbericht" and the of Bayer AG - today no longer in existence. Addi­ "Hochmolekularbericht" tionally, Chemical Abstracts and original publications in the form of patents and articles in books and journals are used. During the past 40 years many patents and articles have been published which describe methods and materials for water vapor permeable materials. These materials were primarily designed to substitute leather in its look and performance.

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  • Leverkusen, Germany

    Harro Träubel

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