A study was made of the effect of abrasion on the retention of oily soil by cotton and polyester/cotton durable press fabrics. One set of samples was abraded in the Accelerotor, and the other set was abraded by laundering. The abraded fabrics were then soiled with a radioactive labeled oily soil and laundered for a total of ten treatments.
Samples abraded in the Accelerotor to a weight loss of approximately 20% had soil retention properties significantly different from the controls or samples that had received milder abrasive treatments. The severely abraded cotton samples showed a decrease, while the blend samples showed an increase in the amount of the 3H fraction of the soil retained.
deGruy, I.V. , Carra, J.H., Tripp, V.W., and Rollins, M.L., Microscopical Observations of Abrasion Phenomena in Cotton, Textile Res. J.32, 873-882 (1962).
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Huisman, M.A. and Morris, M.A., A Study of the Removal of Synthetic Sebum from Durable Press Fabrics Using a Liquid Scintillation Technique, Textile Res. J.41, 657-661 (1971).
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Rollins, M.L. , deGruy, I.V., Hensarling, T.P., and Carra, J.H., Abrasion Phenomena in Durable-Press Cotton Fabrics, A Microscopical View, Textile Res. J.40, 903-916 (1970).
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Young, M.A. and Morris, M.A., Abrasion Studies of Worn and Laundéred Durable-Press Fabrics with the Scanning Electron Microscope, Textile Res. J.41, 370-371 (1971).
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American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, "Technical Manual," Research Triangle Park, N. C., 1969.
