Author: Dewhurst, K.A.
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WE2AA02 RELIEF: Tanning of Leather with e-beam 645
 
  • R. Apsimon, D.A. Turner
    Cockcroft Institute, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • K.A. Dewhurst
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
  • S. Setiniyaz
    Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • R. Seviour
    University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
  • W.R. Wise
    University of Northampton, Northampton, United Kingdom
 
  Funding: STFC through the grant reference ST/S002189/1, and the Cockcroft Institute core grant, STFC grant reference ST/P002056/1.
Tanning of leather for clothing, shoes and handbags uses potentially harmful chemicals that are often run off into local water supplies or require a large carbon footprint to safely recover these pollutants. In regions of the world with significant leather production this can lead to a significant environmental impact. However recent studies have suggested that leather can instead be tanned using a combination of electron beams in a process inspired by the industrial crosslinking of polymers, to drastically reduce the quantity of wastewater produced in the process; thereby resulting in a reduced environmental impact as well as potential cost savings on wastewater treatment. In this talk, initial studies of leather tanning will be presented as well as accelerator designs for use in leather irradiation.
 
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-WE2AA02  
About • Received ※ 02 August 2022 — Revised ※ 16 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 31 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 16 September 2022
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