Hides and skins: Temperature and physical change

摘要

Temperature has a profound influence on the physical properties of hides and skins within every stage of leather manufacture. Apart from increasing the rate of a chemical process, a higher temperature will ease the ability of the skin to stretch under load. An example is given as Panel E5/1 where the extension of saturated bovine samples under constant load and rising temperature is shown. Moreover, as the temperature rises, there is an increasing tendency to remain in an extended state.