WETTING BEHAVIORS OF WOOL FIBERS CONSIDERED EROM ζ-POTENTIAL

Saffron Petals, a by-product for dyeing of wool fibers ‎

The dyeing of wool fibers using saffron petals as a natural dye has been studied for first time in this paper. Saffron petal is one of the by-products of fields which are thrown away after harvesting while they can possibly be used. A series of dyeing formulation prepared with saffron petals and different mordants and the mordant effect on hue, light and wash fastness of dyed fibers were invest...

Wetting of fibers : theory and experiments

2014 We first present a digest of a previous theoretical study of one of us (F. B.) about the static aspects of wetting of thin fibers. This study includes the effects of long range Van der Waals interactions. Two points merit special attention : (i) the threshold value Sc of the spreading parameter for complete wetting is greater than zero (Sc = 3/2 03B3 (a/b)2/3 with 03B3 the liquid surface t...

Wetting morphologies on randomly oriented fibers.

We characterize the different morphologies adopted by a drop of liquid placed on two randomly oriented fibers, which is a first step toward understanding the wetting of fibrous networks. The present work reviews previous modeling for parallel and touching crossed fibers and extends it to an arbitrary orientation of the fibers characterized by the tilting angle and the minimum spacing distance. ...

Properties of radicals formed by the irradiation of wool fibers.

Wool fibers of different sample conditions were irradiated in different atmospheres by (60)Co gamma-rays and were studied by electron spin resonance method (ESR). It was found that a large percentage of the alpha-carbon radicals of polymer main chain were more long-lived radicals. The ESR measurements of irradiated cortex samples of the wool fibers proved that most radicals from the cortex were...

Clothing Fibers As Evidence--A Study of the Frequency of Occurrence of Blue Wool Fibers