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tanningTreating animal skins to preserve them and make them into leather. In vegetable tanning, the prepared skins are soaked in tannic acid. Chrome tanning, which is much quicker, uses solutions of chromium salts. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Most pertinent to the leather tanning industry, Simon argues, was the characterization of small family-based firms as a "Chinese form" of production and the emphasis on the good "Confucian" woman's economic role in the "Living Rooms as Factories" campaign. Launched in 1901, American Shoemaking is a monthly targeted to management in the footwear manufacturing industry while The Leather Manufacturer is published six times a year for management of the leather tanning and hide processing industries. In leather tanning, substances called phenols react with the long protein fibers and link the fibers, imparting strength. |
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