X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Leather

Authors

S. D. Bailey, Philadelphia Quartermaster Research and Development Laboratories
V. F. Albert, Philadelphia Quartermaster Research and Development Laboratories

Document Type

Research

Abstract

In the course of an investigation of methods suitable for the determination of the extent and causes of the deterioration of leather, the x-ray diffraction patterns of a number of new and deteriorated samples of leather were made. In the comparison of these diffraction patterns to those reported in the literature (1), we were impressed by the fact that none of the literature diffraction patterns show the reflections due to the additives. A probable explanation of this is that x-ray studies in the past have been made with the primary purpose of determining the effect of tanning agents on the reflection spacings of the collagen fibers.

Publication Date

1952

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

59

Issue

1

First Page

344

Last Page

348

Copyright

©1952 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Bailey, S. D. and Albert, V. F. (1952) "X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Leather," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 59(1), 344-348.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol59/iss1/42