The accompanying script for this topic is provided in the Transcript Document

This extract from  Burkinshaw’s – Physio-Chemical Aspects of Textile Coloration provides supporting information and reading for this topic.

This extract from A.D. Broadbent’s book – Basic Principles of Textile Coloration provides an interesting and accessible introduction to acrylic fibres.

This extract from  Synthetic Fibre Dyeing (Ed. Chris Hawkshaw) provides further background reading on the topic of acrylic (and modacrylic fibres).

It is recommended that the above extracts are printed out as they are relevant for both topics, 6.3.3 Types of Fibre – Acrylic Fibres and 6.4.3 Physical Structure of Fibres – Acrylic Fibres