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An Enzyme or Polymer-Assisted Shrink-Resist Treatment of Wool
An Enzyme-based process for treatment of wool top to improve its felting resistance is described. This process utilises lipase SP 398 in the pre-treatment step, glutathione reductase (GR) in the reduction step, and papain in the after-treat...
Evaluation of Bast Fibre Retting Systems on Hemp
This paper examines the effect of eight different retting treatments on decorticated hemp skins. These treatments have been applied to other bast fibres such as ramie, flax and kenaf. The decorticated hemp skins were batch retted and opened...
The Incineration of Wool Scouring Sludge
The chief wastes from the wool scouring industry are wool grease sludges, which arise from partial effluent treatment. In the United Kingdom alone, the wool scouring industry produced some 30,000 tonnes of wet sludge per annum. The exact co...
Effects of Laser Induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSSs) on Nylon Fabrics
Laser Induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSSs) on polymers have been widely studied in the last decade. There are two main types, namely high-fluence and low-fluence induced structures [1]. When the laser energy is below the ablation th...
The Use of Cationized Cotton To Improve the Cotton Dyeing Process
Cotton garments continue to be a popular choice with consumers desiring the feel and comfort of natural fibers. However, all current dyes for cotton exhibit only a moderate affinity for the fiber. In order to apply cotton dyes in reasonable...
An Investigation into Fibre Irregularities
Most fibres are highly irregular. This is particularly the case for natural fibres such as wool. Yet the published data concerning the mechanical properties of fibres have largely ignored this important fibre feature. This paper reports our...
Managing retting to improve flax fibre characteristics
This paper explores the potential for the bast fibres, flax and hemp, to play a more important role in apparel and industrial textile end uses. Recent research on improving the extraction and processing of flax and hemp indicates that the p...
An Approach of Coir Utilized in
Coir fibre which is an extraction from husk of Coconuts-a fruit fibre family, possesses industrially important desirable qualities like resilience, extensibility and rot resistance. This author had identified its HIGH BREAK EXTENSIBILITY of...