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- Title
Enhancement in the dyeability of bamboo fabric by using an isocyanate-based crosslinking agent.
- Authors
Sarwar, Ambreen; Jabbar, Abdul; Riaz, Saadia; Malik, Muhammad Imran
- Abstract
Bamboo fiber is gaining the curious attention of researchers as well as the fashion and apparel industries as an alternative to the cotton fiber. Bamboo fabric besides having prodigious characteristics, possess several limitations i. e. high-cost, poor spin-ability, a significant reduction in strength under wet conditions etc. The present study is focused to address the problems associated with the bamboo fiber to make it user and environment-friendly. An isocyanate based compound, HDI (blocked hexamethylene diisocyanate) was chemically crosslinked with bamboo fabric to enhance its dyeability and fastness properties without compromising on its thermal stability and tensile strength. The dyeing properties, levelness, thermal stability, absorbency, and tensile and tear strength measurements of the HDI-based bamboo fabric were compared with the untreated fabrics. The HDI-based bamboo fabric dyed with commercial reactive dyes exhibited up to 10% and 9% increase in exhaustion and total percent fixation, respectively. Whereas the modified fabrics dyed with lab-synthesized reactive dyes displayed 12–14% and 10% increase in fixation and total percent fixation, respectively. Furthermore, the HDI-based bamboo fabrics possessed better dyeing levelness compared to the untreated fabrics. Light and rubbing fastness of some of the modified fabrics increased significantly. Absorbency of the treated bamboo fabrics decreased while no significant change in the thermal stability and tensile strength of the treated fabrics was noticed after HDI treatment.
- Subjects
BAMBOO; COTTON; COTTON fibers; REACTIVE dyes; HEXAMETHYLENE diisocyanate; TENSILE strength; THERMAL stability
- Publication
Cellulose, 2024, Vol 31, Issue 10, p6501
- ISSN
0969-0239
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10570-024-05973-y