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Effect of an Eco-friendly Treatment on wetting resistance of Knitted Cellulosic Fabrics

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Cellulosic fabrics are known for comfortability, absorption, softness, and sustainability, which give them an advantage over synthetic fibres. But these fabrics are easily wetted by water due to hydroxyl groups in cellulose molecules. This feature is undesirable in rainwear, self-cleaning coatings, and bandages that require water repellence. The purpose of this study is to develop the water-repellence of cellulosic fabrics without affecting their breathability. In this study; three cellulosic fabrics (Tencel, Viscose, Cotton) with interlock construction were manufactured with yarn count (30/1 Ne). these fabrics were treated with propolis eco-friendly material to enhance water repellency for special use. Treatment concentrations of 1%, 5%, and 10% were applied. Manufactured and treated fabrics were tested for thickness, weight increase, air permeability, and moisture management properties. Regression analysis was applied to ensure the significance of results and to suppose regression equations for predicting the properties of treated cellulosic fabrics. From the results, the main aim of the research for enhancing the water repellency of cellulosic fabrics without affecting breathability was achieved. The effect of different concentrations of treatment was found to be significant on thickness, weight increase, and all moisture management measurements, but it has a non-significant effect on the air permeability of the fabric. Tencel fabrics treated with propolis at a concentration of 10% gave the highest rank in all properties, followed by viscose fabrics treated with a concentration of 10%, then cotton fabrics treated with a concentration of 10% as well, although the Tencel and viscose fabrics with a treatment concentration of 10% reached 100% of wet resistance. Zero penetration of water from the top of the fabric to the bottom, but the cotton fabric sample did not reach this percentage, despite the improvement in the wettability property without reaching this percentage.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2023.225457.8316

Keywords

Tencel, Cotton. Viscose, Moisture management, knitted fabrics, Interlock, Air Permeability

Authors

First Name

Doaa

Last Name

Salman

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Textile and Clothing, Department of Home Economics, Faculty of Specific Education, Mansoura University

Email

doaasalman3@hotmail.com

City

cairo

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First Name

Manar

Last Name

Abd El-Aziz

MiddleName

Yahia Ismail

Affiliation

National Research Centre (NRC, Scopus affiliation ID 60014618), Textile Research and Technology Institute (TRTI), Clothing and Knitting Industrial Research Department (CKIRD), ElBehouth St. (former El-Tahrir str.), Dokki, P.O. 12622, Giza, Egyp

Email

dr.manar.yahia@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-8254-8277

Volume

67

Article Issue

1

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44392

Issue Date

2024-01-01

Receive Date

2023-07-27

Publish Date

2024-01-01

Page Start

89

Page End

99

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of an Eco-friendly Treatment on wetting resistance of Knitted Cellulosic Fabrics

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30 Dec 2024