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| Title: | Degumming of muga silk fabric by biosurfactant |
| Authors: | Sarma, Mamata B
Gogoi, Subrata Borgohain
Devi, Depali
Goswami, B |
| Keywords: | Critical Micelle Concentration (CMC)
Degumming
Muga
Surface Tension |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | This study evaluates efficiency of reetha, a
biodegradable natural surfactant in aqueous solution, to solubilize sericin and
other foreign materials in Muga silk fabric. CMC value of reetha solution
in aqueous medium was found to be 0.017 g/cc (1.7 wt %) and surface tension
(ST) of aqueous medium remained constant at 38.6 mN/m. Under degumming trials,
weight loss was found to be 18.28% at CMC value of reetha solution
treated for 36 h at RT. It was observed that at CMC value of reetha solution,
ST was least and degumming maximum. |
| Page(s): | 270-272 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1084 (Online); 0022-4456 (Print) |
| Source: | JSIR Vol.71(04) [April 2012]
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