Research Article
Treatment by polyacrylicacid and chitosan on silk
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.7-12-2021.2314633, author={Saraswathi E and Jeyakodi Moses J}, title={Treatment by polyacrylicacid and chitosan on silk}, proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Combinatorial and Optimization, ICCAP 2021, December 7-8 2021, Chennai, India}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICCAP}, year={2021}, month={12}, keywords={silk pad csn sem xrd}, doi={10.4108/eai.7-12-2021.2314633} }- Saraswathi E
Jeyakodi Moses J
Year: 2021
Treatment by polyacrylicacid and chitosan on silk
ICCAP
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.7-12-2021.2314633
Abstract
The important valuable protein based natural fiber silk contains lot of eminent characteristics such as textile / garment performances, bio applications, aesthetic comfort aspects, sheen shine. Due to the sensitive and delicacy aspects of silk, it is often possibly attacked by different sources, hence it is vital to protect silk from the damages come from chemicals, lights, and insects. Therefore, this research work gives an attempt to give resistance on silk by treating it with the simple chemicals like polyacrylicacid (PAD) and chitosan(CSN) and then coloration with some natural sources and a reactive synthetic dye. The silk fabrics after these treatments are tested for color values, fastness properties, physical properties, absorbency characters, anti-odor effects, SEM study and XRD study. The output of these tests give very useful improvement in the results applicable in the protection considerations suitable for silk fabric products.