Textile Chemistry

Teachers in charge

Prof. Branka Vojnović, Ph.D.
Prof. Livio Racané, Ph.D.

associates

dr. sc. Anja Beč, Assistant
Prof. Iva Rezić Meštrović, Ph.D., Ph.D.
Petra Mihovilović, mag. chem., Assistant

Study, Module

Textile Technology and Engineering - undergraduate, Module Textile and Clothing Design for Industry

Course summary

4 (2+2+0)

ECTS

5

Knowledge verification

oral exam

Precondition for testing

General Chemistry

Lecture type

lectures

Exercise type

laboratory practice

Subject content

Mixtures and Solutions: Concentration, Hydratation, Solvatation, Strong and Weak Electrolytes. Binary and Ternary Systems: Solid-Liqiud, Liquid-Liquid, Gas-Liquid. Appearance on Surface: Adsorption, Surface Tension, Films. Water in Textile Industry: Hardness, Softening, Wastewaters. Wet in Air and Textile Material.Colloide Chemistry: Hydrophylic and Hydrophobic Sols, Gels, Emulsions, Smokes, Foams, Wetting. Macromolecular Chemistry: Polymers, Copolymers, Carbonhydrates, Polysacharides, Proteins, Lipids. Tenside: Soaps, Sufractants and Detergents. Dyestuffs and Colours: Absorption Light Radiation Laws. Scouring, Bleaching and Coloration of textile Fibres and Materials.

Aim of course

Adsorption, wastewaters, textile scouring

Literature necessary for course

Chang,R.:Chemistry,Mc Graw-Hill,New York 1998. Atkins,P.W.,Clugston,M.J.:Principles of Physical Chemistry,Scool Book,Zagreb,1992. Malone,L.J.:Basic Concept of Chemistry,John Wiley and Sons,Canada,USA,1994. Pine,S.H.,Hendricson,J.B. at al:Organic Chemistry,Scool Book, Zagreb,1984. Goldberg,D.E.:Fundamentals of Chemistry, Mc Graw-Hill.New York,1998.