Tanning

TANNING

  • Tanning is the conversion of hides and skins into insoluble and nonputrescible leather without destruction of the original structure.
  • Leather posses many desirable properties such as flexibility, heat resistance, chemical resistance, abrasion resistance, dimensional stability, etc.
  • It can also withstand repeated wetting and drying.
  • Tanning comprises of two types
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