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- Title
Enzymatic pre-treatment of flax fabrics.
- Authors
Abdel-Halim, Essam; Opwis, Klaus; Knittel, Dierk; Schollmeyer, Eckhard
- Abstract
The article discusses various issues related to the combined use of pectinases and lipases in the pre-treatment of flax fabric. It is stated that researchers have found that both pectinases and lipases are capable of hydrolyzing the hydrophobic compounds in the primary wall of flax fibers that can get removed in a following traditional bleaching step using hydrogen peroxide. It is highlighted that the enzymatically pre-treated flax fabric has similar or sometimes even better properties than the traditional alkaline scoured material. It is reported that the low-temperature enzymatic procedure is marked by a lower demand of energy and chemicals that depicts its ecological value.
- Subjects
TEXTILE finishing; POLYGALACTURONASE; LIPASES; FLAX; FLAX industry; TEXTILE industry; INDUSTRIAL chemistry; TEXTILE chemicals; BLEACHING (Chemistry)
- Publication
Melliand International, 2007, Vol 13, Issue 3, p242
- ISSN
0947-9163
- Publication type
Article