Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Textile Research Journal
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Zhou, L.M.
Right arrow Articles by Zhou, X.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Tensile Strength Loss of Mercerized and Crosslinked Ramie Fabric

L.M. Zhou

Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

K.W. Yeung

Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

C.W.M. Yuen

Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

X. Zhou

College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Dong Hua University. Shanghai 200051, People's Republic of China

Ramie fabric subjected to a wrinkle-free treatment experiences severe losses mechan ical properties, which is the main obstacle to developing wrinkle-free ramie goods. In this study, 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid (BTCA) is used as the crosslinking agent on ramie fabric to acquire wrinkle-free properties. Tensile strength losses in treated ramie, tension- mercerized ramie, slack-mercerized ramie, and cotton fabrics are investigated for acid degradation and the crosslinking reaction of cellulose molecular chains. Tensile strength loss in the treated fabrics are closely associated with the fine structure of the fibers, such as the degree of polymerization, crystallinity, accessibility, and orientation. The high crystallinity and low accessibility of ramie fibers lead to a non-uniform distribution of crosslinks, resulting in severe tensile strength loss.

Textile Research Journal, Vol. 73, No. 4, 367-372 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/004051750307300415
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?