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Behavior of untreated and crosslinked cotton fibers. II. Contribution of intrinsic fiber properties
Author(s) -
Venkatesh G. M.,
Dweltz N. E.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1975.070190802
Subject(s) - tenacity (mineralogy) , ultimate tensile strength , composite material , materials science , fiber , formaldehyde , synthetic fiber , chemistry , organic chemistry
The mechanical properties of extracted and formaldehyde‐crosslinked cotton fibers are presented. The crease recovery angles of different cotton fibers are more or less the same. As the per cent bound formaldehyde increases, the crease recovery angle of the treated fibers increases while the tensile strength decreases. Crease recovery and tensile loss factors appear to be sensitive indices of the improvement in crease recovery angles and the concomitant losses in tenacity of the fibers modified by any crosslinking process. The crease recovery angles for any cotton modified by formaldehyde crosslinking depend on the pretreatment it has received.