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http://dx.doi.org/10.12654/JCS.2017.33.2.04

Detergency of Natural Surfactant for the Cleaning of Excavated Cotton Fabrics  

Baek, Young Mee (Korean Traditional Costume Research Institute, Pusan National University)
Lee, Young Hee (Department of Organic Material Science and Engineering, Pusan National University)
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Journal of Conservation Science / v.33, no.2, 2017 , pp. 97-106 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics and detergency of natural surfactants for the cleaning of excavated fabrics. For this purpose, SDS, a synthetic surfactant, was selected as the control, and five types of natural surfactants, namely, LES, apple wash, tea saponin, cornacopa, and coco betaine were selected. The structures of the surfactants were confirmed by FT-IR spectroscopy analysis, and the characteristics of the surfactants were determined by measuring the pH and surface tension. In addition, detergency testing was carried out on four artificially soiled fabrics and fragments of excavated fabrics. From the results, apple wash, tea saponin, and cornacopa were found to be as good as SDS in terms of detergency in the cleaning of artificially soiled fabrics, and the detergency of tea saponin and coco betaine was found to be good for cleaning excavated fabrics. Therefore, considering the safety and detergency of detergents, among natural surfactants, tea saponin is found to be most suitable for the cleaning of excavated fabrics.
Keywords
Detergency; Wet cleaning; Artificially soiled fabrics; Natural surfactant; Excavated fabrics;
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