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Book analyzes high-performance fibers

Structure and Properties of High-Performance Fibers
Gajanan Bhat
Woodhead Publishing
Hardcover: $265

Gajanan Bhat, Georgia Athletic Association Professor of Fibers and Textiles and a department head in UGA’s College of Family and Consumer Sciences, has published a textbook that analyzes high-performance fibers and the properties that make them useful in the fiber and textile industries.

Structure and Properties of High-Performance Fibers explores the relationship between the structure and properties of a range of high-performance fibers such as inorganic, carbon, synthetic polymer and natural fibers that can be used to create advanced textiles.

Separated into three sections, Structure and Properties of High-Performance Fibers includes contributions from an international team of authors. The book offers industry professionals, academic researchers and postgraduate students working in the field of fiber science up-to-date coverage of new and advanced materials for the fiber and textile industries.

It is available in print or as an e-book via Elsevier.com.