Influence of absorbed moisture on antifelting property of wool treated with atmospheric pressure plasma |
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| Authors: | Helan Xu Shujing Peng Chunxia Wang Lan Yao Jie Sun Feng Ji Yiping Qiu |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Key Laboratory of Textile Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, China;2. Department of Textile Materials Science and Product Design, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China;3. School of Textiles and Clothing, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Jiangsu 224003, China |
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| Abstract: | To determine the effect of moisture regain of wool on atmospheric pressure plasma treatment results, wool fibers and fabrics conditioned in 100% relative humidity (RH) and 65% RH were treated by an atmospheric pressure plasma jet with pure helium and helium/oxygen mixed gas, respectively. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) indicated that scales of wool fiber were smoothened for fibers conditioned in the 100% RH. X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) showed that carbon content decreased substantially after the plasma treatment. Surface chemical composition of 100% RH conditioned groups changed more significantly than the 65% RH conditioned groups. Water contact angle decreased significantly after the plasma treatments. In shrinkage test, plasma‐treated wool fabrics preconditioned in 100% RH showed the lowest shrinkage ratios of 5% and 6%, below 8% is required for machine‐washable wool fabrics according to ISO standard. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2009 |
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| Keywords: | wool atmospheric pressure plasma relative humidity SEM XPS contact angle antifelting |
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