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Softening Finish of Cotton Knit Fabrics with Nanoscale Softener

Nano-scale 유연가공제를 이용한 면 편직물의 유연가공

  • Cho, Hang Sung (Dyeing & Finishing Service Center, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology) ;
  • Youk, Ji Ho (Department of Chemical Engineering, Inha University) ;
  • Lee, Bum Hoon (Department of Textile Materials Engineering, Shinhan University)
  • Received : 2018.03.05
  • Accepted : 2018.04.17
  • Published : 2018.04.30
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Abstract

Softening finishes are widely applied to clothing products to provide them with fullness, a soft and moist silky touch, gloss, and elastic recovery functionality. However, the color change in cotton fabrics treated with silicone-based softeners is the disadvantage of softening finishes. In this study, a new nanosized silicone-emulsion softener was developed; there was a decrease in the color change of fabrics after finishing compared to finishes using conventional silicone softeners. To decrease yellowing of cotton fabrics, the hydrophilicity of the amino-silicone softener was controlled. The hydrophilic amino-silicone softener (amino value=0.33%) was reacted with ethylene carbonate to increase its hydrophilicity. The silicone nanoemulsion softener was padded onto the cotton knit fabrics and cured at $160^{\circ}C$ for 2 min, and the properties of cotton fabrics before and after finishing were evaluated.

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