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Abo Shosha Et Al 2008 Paraffin Wax Emulsion As Water Repellent For Cotton Polyester Blended Fabric
Abo Shosha Et Al 2008 Paraffin Wax Emulsion As Water Repellent For Cotton Polyester Blended Fabric
KEY WORDS: paraffin wax emulsion, stearic acid, water repellent, hydrophilicity
deactivating agents, extender.
INTRODUCTION
EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS
Materials
Fabric Treatment
Certain weight of the mother emulsion is diluted, with stirring, with water
to a specified concentration, in which the fabric is padded two dips and two
nips to a wet-pick up of 100%. Then it is dried at specified temperatures and
times.
Testing
Blank, untreated 0
10.5 50
15.1 50
19.1 50
Other ingredients of mother wax emulsion: stearic acid (4.5%); triethanolamine (2.4%).
The fabric is padded in 50 g/L of mother emulsion to a wet pick up of 100%; dried at 100 C/5
minutes.
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Blank, untreated 0
4.5 50
9 50
13.5 50
Degree of neutralization of SA
Blank, untreated 0
0a –
25a –
50a –
75b 50
100c 50
Table 4. Effect of AlCl3/stearic acid (SA) molar ratio on the physical appearance of
the mother emulsion and water repellency rating of the treated fabric.
(b)
(c)
FIGURE 1. A scanning electron micrograph of the fabric before (a) and after
treatment with 50 g/L (b) and 75 g/L (c) of AlCl3 containing emulsion.
Table 6. Water repellency rating of the fabric treated with the emulsion in
conjunction with Nuva FB.
Blank, untreated – 0 0
0 25 70 0
50 80 0
70 80 0
20 0 80 7
25 90 7
50 90 7
75 90 7
30 0 90 7
25 90 7
50 100 7
75 100 7
Ingredients of mother emulsion: paraffin wax (10.5%); stearic acid (SA) (4.5%); triethanolamine
(2.4%), Al2Cl2/SA (1 mole/1 mole). Wet pick up 100%; drying at 100 C/5 minutes.
Drying Temperature
Storage Stability
CONCLUSIONS
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