Effect of Different Processing Stages on the Crystallinity % and Tensile Strength of 100% Cotton Fabric

Proceeing Stages Effect on Cotton Fabric

  • Zahid Hussain Interloop (Pvt) Limited Khurrianwala-Jaranwala Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Qamar Tusief Department of Fibre & Textile Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • Sharjeel Abid Advance Textile Material Engineering, National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Tauseef Khawer Interloop (Pvt) Limited Khurrianwala-Jaranwala Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • Nabeel Amin School of Textile and Design, University of Management and Technology Lahore, Pakistan
  • Mudassar Abbas School of Textile and Design, University of Management and Technology Lahore, Pakistan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52763/PJSIR.PHYS.SCI.59.2.2016.114.117
Keywords: cotton fabric, tensile strength, crystallinity index, X-ray diffraction

Abstract

In this study, 100 % cotton fabric was used to check the impact on fabric crystallinity and tensile  strength at different processing stages. Desizing, scouring, bleaching, mercerization and resin (only resin & resin+softener) application were the processes performed on the fabric. X-Ray diffractometer and tensile strength tester were used to determine the crystallinity index (CI) and tensile strength, respectively. Results revealed that from scouring to mercerization crystallinity (CI) decreased while desizing and resin application treatments showed no significant impact on the crystallinity (CI). In case of tensile strength, a decreasing trend from desizing to resin application was observed.

Published
2016-06-24
Issue
Vol 59 No 2 (2016): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Series A: Physical Sciences
Section
Articles