Research Note:Ozonation-An Emerging Inevitable Option for Chamois Making

摘要

An ever-increasing demand for chamois leather provides enhanced business opportunities for the leather industry.The long oxidation time required for oil-tanned leathers and conventional processing techniques pose a major limitation for wide-scale manufacture of chamois leathers,though chamois making ensures higher value return compared to conventional finished leathers.Ozonation as a mean for accelerated oxidation has been attempted in this work.Two approaches viz.ozonation of oil and post-ozonation of oil-treated skins have been studied in detail.The studies indicate that ozonation of oil-treated skins can reduce the time required for chamois making by many folds without any impairment in quality of leathers.