A Bio-Driven Lime and Pickle Free Tanning Paves Way for Greener Garment Leather Production

Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 53-66

  Aravindhan, R ^a   Saravanabhavan, S ^a   Rao, J Raghava ^a   Nair, Balachandran Unni ^a   Thanikaivelan, P ^a   Chandrasekaran, B ^a  

^a CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYMES; GARMENT MANUFACTURE; LEATHER; LIME; PH EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ENZYMATIC DEHAIRING; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS (TDS);

TANNING;

EID: 1442285895     PISSN: 00029726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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