1. Characterization of cotton fabric scouring by FT-IR ATR spectroscopy
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Chung, Chinkap, Lee, Myunghee, and Choe, Eun Kyung
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PLANT fibers , *SPECTRUM analysis , *COTTON textiles - Abstract
Abstract: FT-IR attenuated total reflectance (ATR) spectroscopy has been used for the fast characterization of cotton fabric scouring process. The greige and the scoured cotton fabrics showed very similar FT-IR spectrum in transmission mode because the bulk composition of the fabrics are similar. However, FT-IR ATR spectroscopy can provide information about the surface of a fabric. By examination of C–H stretching region at 2800–3000cm-1, the amount of waxes left on the fabric can be estimated. The presence of pectins and/or waxes can also be probed by observation of carbonyl peak induced by the HCl vapor treatment on the fabric. Based on these changes of FT-IR ATR spectra, the scouring process has been characterized. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2004
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