Wool Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

Wool Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites is a comprehensive book that explores the use of wool in composite materials, covering its morphology, structure, properties, and emerging applications. Due to its unique characteristics, coarse wool is underutilized globally, but this book describes all forms of wool composites, including fabrication methods.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 466 pages
Publication date: 16 August 2022
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Wool Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites is a comprehensive and hands-on examination of wool-based composites, encompassing a wide range of topics from the morphology of wool fibers to the diverse industrial applications of wool composites. Due to its exceptional properties, wool has firmly established itself as the preferred choice for this role. While fine wool, with its superior quality, is unfortunately prohibitively expensive for many applications, coarse wool with fiber lengths exceeding 35 microns remains largely underutilized globally. This groundbreaking book provides an in-depth exploration of every type of wool composite, including woven, nonwoven, felt, and fiber, along with various fabrication techniques. In remarkable detail, a team of esteemed international experts delves into the morphology, structure, and properties of wool, exploring methods for chemically modifying wool, various forms of wool-polymer composites, and numerous exciting emerging applications.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780128240564