International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research
Table 13 Physical properties and conditions with and without silicone softener and polyethylene emulsion using modified DMDHEU
From: Assessment of durable press performance of cotton finished with modified DMDHEU and citric acid
Recipe no. | SS (gpl) | PE (gpl) | TCRA | Tensile strength (% retention) | Tear strength (% retention) | Bending length (cm) | WI | AP (cm3/cm2/s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Warp | Weft | Warp | Weft | Warp | Weft | ||||||
UN | – | – | 155 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 2.3 | 1.52 | 78.80 | 17.96 |
1 | 0 | 0 | 199 | 52.47 | 50.22 | 60.62 | 62.46 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 77.57 | 14.89 |
2 | 0 | 10 | 203 | 57.96 | 58.03 | 75.89 | 73.3 | 2.1 | 1.58 | 77.66 | 14.1 |
3 | 0 | 20 | 211 | 60.47 | 57.79 | 76.64 | 72.25 | 2.2 | 1.55 | 77.43 | 13.65 |
4 | 10 | 0 | 218 | 63.62 | 61.08 | 65.9 | 64.04 | 2.3 | 1.55 | 78.57 | 13.52 |
5 | 20 | 0 | 236 | 66.61 | 68.24 | 66.75 | 67.98 | 2.1 | 1.53 | 79.26 | 14.43 |