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| Title: | Development and characterization of bamboo and organic cotton fibre blended baby diapers |
| Authors: | Shanmugasundaram, O L
Gowda, R V Mahendra |
| Keywords: | Absorption capacity
Acquisition time
Bamboo
Diaper
E.coli
Liquid strike-through
Organic cotton
Superabsorbent polymer
S.aureus |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2010 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | This
paper reports study on the development and characterization of baby diapers
made from four different fibrous compositions, namely pure bamboo, pure organic
cotton, bamboo/organic cotton (70/30), and bamboo/organic cotton (50/50).
Antibacterial activity tests have been carried out on baby diapers against S aureus and E coli. Superabsorbent polymer sodium polyacrylate has been
incorporated into the diapers to enhance their absorption capacity. Various
tests such as product density, thickness, absorption capacity, liquid strike-
through, acquisition time under load and diaper rewet under load have been
carried out to study the performance of the diapers. It is found that the
diaper made from bamboo/organic cotton (70/30) exhibits best performance. |
| Page(s): | 201-205 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1025 (Online); 0971-0426 (Print) |
| Source: | IJFTR Vol.35(3) [September 2010]
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