Open AccessEFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL AGEING ON TEXTILES' PROPERTIES
Author(s) -
Elena-Cornelia Mitran,
Irina-Mariana Săndulache,
Lucia-Oana Secăreanu,
Ovidiu Iordache,
Elena Perdum,
Maria Memecica
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
tex teh
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2068-9101
DOI - 10.35530/tt.2019.28
Subject(s) - textile , stereo microscope , materials science , natural materials , scanning electron microscope , pulp and paper industry , composite material , environmental science , polymer science , engineering
In the present paper work it was evaluated the degradation degree of textile material after different types of exposure using micro-destructive methods such as: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), stereomicroscope and Datacolor spectrophotometer. Thus, samples of cotton fabrics were exposed in three different methods: first – outdoors, to natural conditions, second – at a temperature of 60⁰C in an oven and third– buried in commercial plant soil in closed recipients. After 72 hours and 216 hour, specimens of thesamples were taken and evaluated. Thereby, microscopic analyzes revealed that the cotton materialsare more degraded after burial. The results obtained were correlated with chromatic parameters(DL*, DC*, DE*) and white degree (Berger and CIE). All the samples have color differences incomparison with the unexposed samples; they also present more saturated color and are darker.Cultural heritage represents our history, thus it is important to know how the environment works ontextile materials and this way we can manage better the conservation requirements. Future studies willalso be carried out on linen and woolfabrics.