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Easy‐care finishing of silk fabrics with a novel multifunctional epoxide. Part 1
Author(s) -
Cheng Hu,
Kai Sun
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of the society of dyers and colourists
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1478-4408
pISSN - 0037-9859
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-4408.1998.tb01938.x
Subject(s) - silk , lustre (file system) , materials science , sodium carbonate , durability , composite material , breaking strength , moisture , sodium , metallurgy , computer science , file system , operating system
A new easy‐care finishing method for silk fabrics with a multifunctional epoxide has been investigated. A two‐bath/two‐stage treatment improved the wet crease recovery angle from 200 to 280°. The most effective catalyst was found to be sodium carbonate. The breaking strength of the finished silk increased, while the stiffness and moisture regain changed slightly. Finished silk fabrics had good laundering durability: after 20 cycles of home laundering, and wet resiliency retained 95% of the initial value. Handle and lustre were virtually identicial to those of untreated control samples.