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Water and dye-free coloration of wool

Version 2 2024-06-03, 16:40
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posted on 2017-01-01, 00:00 authored by G Cai, Z Xu, Bin TangBin Tang, Xungai Wang
A water and dye-free heat treatment method was used to color wool fibers. The heat effect changed wool fibers to different colors from white in a nitrogen atmosphere. The influences of heating temperature and time on the colors of wool were investigated and the mechanical property of colored wool fibers was evaluated. The color strength of wool fibers increased as heat treatment temperature and time increased. The tensile strength retention rate of wool fiber was relatively high (≥90 %) when the heat temperature was below 200 °C. The surface morphologies of wool fibers scarcely changed during the heat treatment. The carbon content of fibers was found to reduce by heat treatment, indicating oxidization of components in the wool fibers in the process of coloration. Heat treatment may provide a water and dye-free approach to color wool and other textile fibers, albeit within a limited color range.

History

Journal

Fibers and Polymers

Volume

18

Issue

1

Pagination

102 - 109

ISSN

1229-9197

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2017, The Korean Fiber Society and Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht