Environmentally Friendly Inorganic Materials for Anti-flammable Cotton Fabrics

Innovative approaches for preparing flame retardant cotton fabrics were employed by utilizing a microwave-assisted technique with a minimum amount of co-solvent. Our attempts at flame retardant cotton fabrics treated with low cost inorganic formulations, such as urea and diammonium phosphate, were done successfully. The evidence of flame retardant chemical penetrations or surface modification of cotton fabrics was confirmed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the treated cotton fabrics were evaluated by flammability tests, such as 45° angle (clothing textiles test), vertical flame (clothing textile test) and limiting oxygen index (LOI). For formulations with urea only, LOI values of treated fabrics were 21.0–22.0% after add-on values for the formulation were 5.16–18.22%. For formulations comprising urea with diammonium phosphate, LOI values were greater than 29.0% after add-on values for the formulation were 1.85–7.73%. With the formulation comprising urea and diammonium phosphate, all treated fabrics passed the vertical flame test for add-on values 5.34–7.73%. Their char lengths were less than half the length of the original fabric and after-flame and after-glow times were less than 3.2 s. Additional thermal properties of desired products will be discussed using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and microscale combustion calorimeter (MCC).

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Calcium Chloride Treated Highly Elastane Cotton Fabrics as Antibacterial, Comfortable and Environmentally Friendly Materials

Fibers ◽

10.3390/fib9110070 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (11) ◽

pp. 70

Author(s):

Nilufer Yildiz Varan ◽

Yavuz Caydamli

Keyword(s):

Antibacterial Activity ◽

Physical Properties ◽

Calcium Chloride ◽

Physical Performance ◽

Environmentally Friendly ◽

Cotton Fabrics ◽

Attenuated Total Reflectance ◽

Total Reflectance ◽

Good Antibacterial Activity ◽

Stiffness Handle

In the paper, the results of experiments on high elastane cotton crochet warp knitting fabrics treated with different calcium chloride solutions by the pad-dry-cure method have been reported. The tests for evaluating the antibacterial activity, thermophysiological comfort properties, physical performance of the samples were performed. In addition, the characterization analyses, including SEM, EDX, FTIR-attenuated total reflectance (ATR), and XRD, afforded indications of the good crosslinking of the CaCl2 onto the cotton/elastane samples. At a higher degree of activity, the calcium-chloride-treated fabrics were rated as having good antibacterial activity, being exceptionally breathable, and being comfortable with good physical properties such as stiffness, handle, and whiteness properties.

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An environmentally friendly approach to fabricating flame retardant, antibacterial and antifungal cotton fabrics via self-assembly of guanazole-metal complex

Journal of Cleaner Production ◽

10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122832 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 273 ◽

pp. 122832 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hafezeh Nabipour ◽

Xin Wang ◽

Mohammad Ziaur Rahman ◽

Lei Song ◽

Yuan Hu

Keyword(s):

Metal Complex ◽

Flame Retardant ◽

Self Assembly ◽

Environmentally Friendly ◽

Cotton Fabrics ◽

Antibacterial And Antifungal ◽

Environmentally Friendly Approach

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Anti-Flammable Properties of Cotton Fabrics Using Eco Friendly Inorganic Materials by Layering Self-Assisted Processing

International Journal of Materials Science and Applications ◽

10.11648/j.ijmsa.20180704.11 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 115 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sechin Chang

Keyword(s):

Cotton Fabrics ◽

Inorganic Materials

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Multi-functional Cotton Fabrics Using Nano-Technology and Environmentally Friendly Finishing Agents

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry ◽

10.21608/ejchem.2017.5510 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 60 (Conference Issue) ◽

pp. 100-110

Author(s):

A. Abou-Okeil ◽

R. A. A. Eid ◽

A. Amr

Keyword(s):

Environmentally Friendly ◽

Cotton Fabrics ◽

Nano Technology

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Environmentally Friendly Multifunctional Treatments of Textiles with Photo-Active Colorants

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.441.780 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 441 ◽

pp. 780-780

Author(s):

Ning Liu ◽

Gang Sun

Keyword(s):

Thermal Properties ◽

Light Exposure ◽

Environmentally Friendly ◽

Cotton Fabrics ◽

Fluorescent Light ◽

Oxidation Reactions ◽

Acid Dyes ◽

Chemical Structures ◽

Wool Fibers ◽

Dyed Fabrics

As an effort to develop environmentally friendly light-induced functional treatments for fabrics, certain acid dyes were incorporated onto different fabrics. The treated fabrics demonstrated powerful and durable antimicrobial and oxidative detoxifying functions after light exposure. In this presentation, we will report the latest progresses in using certain anthraquinone compounds in treatments of wool, nylon, silk and cotton fabrics. The dyed fabrics could demonstrate antimicrobial functions upon exposed to UVA (365 nm) and fluorescent light. However, it was more interesting to observe that the surfaces of the dyed wool fibers became polished with scales removed after being exposed to UV or day light for certain time. The chemical structures and thermal properties of the dyed fabrics were investigated by using different instrumentation such as SEM, FTIR, and other instruments, and the results verified the proposed oxidation reactions of the fibers. This research proves that dyeing fabrics with photo-active dyes could be a new green functional treatment on textiles.

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