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- Title
Durable Press Cotton Fabrics By Chemical-Mechanical Treatments.
- Authors
Morton, Glenn P.; Hall, David M.; Reid, J. David
- Abstract
Improved durable press cottons have been produced by dimensional stabilization of fabrics subjected to various stretching and compacting treatments prior to crosslinking. A cotton twill fabric which was mechanically modified and stabilized with polyurethane had 30% higher tensile strength, and was able to withstand 50% more launderings thari a corresponding twill given a conventional, pad-dry-cure, crosslinking treatment. Slack mercerization was used as a pretreatment to give greater warp crimp in a subsequently crosslinked cotton twill fabric. This pretreatment, followed by further warp compaction of the "sensitized" fabric, gave an increase in tensile strength (20%), tearing; strength (25%) and the wear life of laundered cuffs (50%) over that obtained from conventionally crosslinked samples.
- Subjects
COTTON textiles; TEXTILES; CROSSLINKING (Polymerization); TWILL; POLYURETHANES; MERCERIZATION; PANTS; WEAVING; CUFFS (Clothing)
- Publication
Textile Chemist & Colorist, 1970, Vol 2, Issue 14, p27
- ISSN
0040-490X
- Publication type
Article