Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.34187/ko.69.2.1
Influence of Sampling Location on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Full Grain Leather
Antoneta Tomljenović
orcid.org/0000-0002-8293-1225
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb, Croatia
Jadranka Akalović
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb, Croatia
Juro Živičnjak
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb, Croatia
Andrijana Barišić
; Mirta-Kontrol d.o.o., Javorinska 3, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Full grain leather refers to the strongest and most durable part of the cattle hide, consisting of the grain layer and the part of the underlying corium, and has not been sanded or buffed to remove any imperfections, that means it displays the more natural characteristics of leather. Leather quality changes with sampling location, depending on variation present in the leather fibrous structure. Leather properties were also affected by tanning and finishing processes utilized during production. Full grain leather, instead finishing, sometimes go only through an ironing process for the desired sheen is obtained. Therefore, with the purpose of analysing the influence of the leather processing level, and sampling location on their quality, in this paper, the physical and mechanical properties of differently (synthetic and chromium) tanned finished and non-finished cattle full grain leathers, sampled from the bend, shoulder and belly of side leather cuts were evaluated. Their applicability for footwear uppers were assessed by measuring leather thickness, mass per unit area, apparent density, tensile strength and percentage elongation at break, all according to the standardised test methods.
Keywords
full grain cattle leather, sampling, physical and mechanical properties, leather testing, footwear
Hrčak ID:
264440
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Publication date:
21.8.2021.
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