The Influence of Moisture Content During Resin-Finishing on the Wrinkle Recovery of Cotton Fabrics at 20°C

Abstract

The wrinkle-recovery behavior of 100% cotton fabrics, untreated and cross-linked with dimethyloldihydroxyethylene-urea, has been studied over a range of moisture content and a recent hypothesis involving actual and potential recovery has been applied to explain the results. An explanation is also offered for the existence of a maximal wrinkle-recovery value at moisture contents equal to that during cross-linking.

Keywords

Crease Recovery,Cotton,Moisture Content,Resin Finishing Cotton fabric;Fixapret C.P.N.S (TN);DMDHEU;resin;reactant Cross-linked cotton;chemically modified cotton Magnesium chloride;HCl;catalysts Wrinkle recovery;“memory effect”;internal strains;actual recovery;potential recovery;cross-linking efficiency;moisture content;resin content;“inaccessible region”;deswelling;correlation coefficients Resin finishing Moist cross-linking;wet batching;pad-dry-cure

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