Investigation of the swelling of cotton fibers using aqueous glycine solutions Remadevi, Rechana, Gordon, Stuart, Wang, Xungai and Rajkhowa, Rangam 2016, Investigation of the swelling of cotton fibers using aqueous glycine solutions, Textile research journal, In Press, pp. 1-10, doi: 10.1177/0040517516665267. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Investigation of the swelling of cotton fibers using aqueous glycine solutions Author(s) Remadevi, Rechana Gordon, Stuart Wang, Xungai Rajkhowa, Rangam Journal name Textile research journal Season In Press Start page 1 End page 10 Total pages 10 Publisher SAGE Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2016-09-02 ISSN 0040-5175 1746-7748 Keyword(s) cotton chemical modification glycine fiber moisture regain Summary The treatment of cotton fibers using different chemicals, such as alkalis, acids and salt solutions, has captured the attention of researchers because of their important effects in dyeing, cross-linking and mercerizing processes. However, these agents are difficult in terms of process application and the requirement for major effluent treatmentprior to discharge. In this paper, we report on the treatment of cotton in aqueous glycine solutions that were moderated, utilizing glycine’s amphoteric nature at different pH values, to enhance the morphological and moisture regain properties of cotton fiber. Treatment in an aqueous glycine solution buffered to pH 11 increased fiber ribbon width by 4.5%, cross-sectional area by 53% and moisture regain by 16%. Changes were dependent on the treatment solution pH value. This paper describes the glycine treatments and their influence on the cotton fiber cross-sectional morphology and regain properties. The results suggest that at suitable pH values aqueous glycine solutions have the ability to enhance cotton fibers in ways very similar to mercerizing. Language eng DOI 10.1177/0040517516665267 Field of Research 0910 Manufacturing Engineering 0912 Materials Engineering Socio Economic Objective 0 Not Applicable HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2016, The Authors Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30089031 Document type: Journal Article Collection: Institute for Frontier Materials Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 16 Nov 2016, 13:14:34 EST Thu, 17 Nov 2016, 04:02:55 EST Mon, 27 Mar 2017, 13:21:52 EST Tue, 28 Mar 2017, 05:06:29 EST Wed, 26 Apr 2017, 13:18:24 EST Wed, 26 Apr 2017, 13:33:28 EST Wed, 26 Apr 2017, 13:35:50 EST Wed, 26 Apr 2017, 13:36:53 EST Wed, 26 Apr 2017, 13:37:49 EST Mon, 22 May 2017, 15:33:17 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 8 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 27 Mar 2017, 13:21:52 EST

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