Carboxymethylated cotton might provide an eco-friendly novel approach to impart different functions to fabric by crosslinking or self-assembly deposition of nanolayers. The anionic content of carboxymethylated cotton was determined by acid-base titration. Two interrelated methods of surface electrochemistry for anionic cotton fabrics were investigated in this paper. Measurement of surface charg...

Textiles for apparels are constructed by innovative methods in construction by weaving or knitting to get the end product requirements of better strength, extension, elasticity, hand and resistance to abrasion. Woven and knitted fabrics are widely used and known for their respective properties of firm shape and elastic properties. Their drawback of rigidity and deformation of shape are overcome...

At the start of the 21st century annual world consumption of unwoven fabrics (for practical and technical uses) stood at 46 million tonnes, of which synthetics and cotton accounted for 49% and 42% respectively (with an upward trend in subsequent years), wool for 5%, and other fabrics 4% (linen, sisal, silk and others, with a downward trend) (Central Statistical Office Yearbooks – Roczniki GUS, ...

Thermal degradation of modern and ancient linen fabrics was investigated by DSC and FTIR analysis in order to find a possible correlation between thermal behaviour and the age of linen. A similar pattern to that for cotton degradation was found, and the essential influence of impurities occurring naturally or occasionally was found. Moreover, in the case of old linen fabrics, a cleaning treatme...

BACKGROUND The use of clothing as a means of sun protection has been recommended in recent education campaigns. Contrary to popular opinion, however, some fabrics provide insufficient ultraviolet (UV) protection. MATERIAL AND METHODS We investigated 236 apparel textiles of the spring/summer collections 2000 and 2001. In accordance with the forthcoming European standard the UV protection facto...

The present study is intended to develop an intelligent model for the prediction of color strength of cotton knitted fabrics using fuzzy knowledge based expert system (FKBES). The factors chosen for developing the prediction model are dye concentration, dyeing time and process temperature. Besides, such factors are nonlinear and have mutual interactions among them; so it is not easy to create a...