DETERMINATION OF SOME PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ARTIFICIALLY AGED CHROME TANNED GARMENT LEATHER

Authors : Nuray Olcay IŞIK, Hüseyin Ata KARAVANA

Pages : 64-69

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Publication Date : 2012-03-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study was to determine the physical changes that might occur in chrome-tanned garment leathers with artificial ageing. For this purpose, a study was conducted on eight pieces chrome-tanned sheep leathers for garment. All leathers were artificially aged by employing the ageing factors of temperature, temperature + UV ray and temperature + humidity. Then, the changes that occurred in the characteristics of artificially-aged leathers were determined by means of some physical tests. According to the findings, it was ascertained that the artificial ageing factors of temperature + UV ray, temperature, and temperature + humidity insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(in a descending order); caused significant losses of quality on garment leathers. Moreover, decrease in the tensile strength and tear load, fall in the shrinkage temperature and fading in the color of the artificially-aged garment leathers were ascertained. 
Keywords : Garment leather, Artificial ageing, Ageing factors, Physical change