More PBS Digital Studios Goodness here! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... How does animal hide become leather? We still don’t fully understand the chemistry of tanning, but the basic steps are thousands of years old. In this week’s episode of Reactions, learn how leather is made.
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- Tanning
- A history of new ideas in tanning
- 3. TANNERIES
- Modern Tanning chemistry
- Link-Lock: the mechanism of stabilising collagen by chemical reactions
- Nanocomposites cut leather tanning waste
- Chromium Footprint Reduction: Nanocomposites as Efficient Pretanning Agents for Cowhide Shoe Upper Leather
- Pollution reduction in an eco-friendly chrome-free tanning and evaluation of the biodegradation by composting of the tanned leather wastes
- Changes to Collagen Structure during Leather Processing
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