Tanning chemistry

• Main Authors: Redwood, Michael, Hummel, Wolfgang, Cooke, Jonathan, Covington, Anthony D
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 09.11.2015
• Subjects: Leather; Tanning

Even in the 21st Century, the manufacture of leather retains an air of the dark arts, still somewhat shrouded in the mysteries of a millennia old, craft based industry. Despite the best efforts of a few scientists over the last century or so, much of the understanding of the principles of tanning is...