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| Title: | Synthesis and characterization of non-fluorinated copolymer emulsions for hydrophobic finishing of cotton textiles |
| Authors: | Prusty, Anandini
Gogoi, Naminita
Jassal, Manjeet
Agrawal, Ashwini K |
| Keywords: | Air permeability
Cotton
Emulsion polymerization
Hydrophobic coating
Water repellency |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2010 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | Non-flouro copolymers containing a hydrophobic alkyl
acrylate monomer (butyl acrylate/2-ethylhexyl acrylate/ lauryl acrylate) and a
reactive monomer (maleic anhydride) have been synthesized using emulsion
polymerization technique. The copolymer emulsions have been applied on to
cotton fabric by a pad-dry-cure process and the water repellency of the fabrics
before and after vigorous washes compared. The effect of chain length of
hydrophobic monomer on the water repellency has been compared and the comfort
properties of the coated fabrics such as air permeability and bending length
evaluated. It is observed that the copolymers prepared using long alkyl chain
acrylates show promising alternatives to the repellent agents based on
perfluoroalkyl chains for water repellency. |
| Page(s): | 264-271 |
| 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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