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Reusing Limed Fleshing Wastes As A Fatliquor In Leather Processing

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Environmental chemistry

Abstract

Sulphated fatliquor was prepared from fats of sheep limed fleshing wastes to be used on small scale leather processing. The chemical properties of fats were determined before sulphation, thereafter they were neutralized with ammonium hydroxide to produce fatliquor. The chemical characteristics of the prepared fatliquor were then determined. The prepared fatliquor was applied onto light and heavy leather processing. Physical, chemical and organoleptic properties were determined, and scanning electron micrographs of finished leathers were obtained. The results showed that total fat content in sheep limed fleshing wastes constituted about 20% of its initial weight, of which unsaturated fats represented 60% and predominated as oleic acid. This indicates suitability of the prepared fatliquor for sheep leather processing. Additionally, the quality of finished leather processed by this technique is comparable to that obtained using a commercial fish oil-based fatliquor . These results imply that sulphated fatliquor derived from flesh waste can be reliably used in leather manufacturing as an appropriate alternative to traditional fatliquor to reduce tannery pollution and production costs.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2017.1161.1059

Keywords

Fleshing waste, fat, leather, tanning, sulphated, fatliquor

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Nasr

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Affiliation

Wool Production and Technology Department, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

Email

ainasr@yahoo.com

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Orcid

0000-0001-8422-8667

Volume

60

Article Issue

5

Related Issue

630

Issue Date

2017-10-01

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2017-05-27

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2017-10-01

Page Start

919

Page End

928

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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Reusing Limed Fleshing Wastes As A Fatliquor In Leather Processing

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22 Jan 2023