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<p>Cashmere fiber has soft hand and good elasticity. However, it exhibits shrink because of its scale. In this work, cashmere yarn (38.26 tex) was treated using NaCl-KMnO<sub>4</sub> to reduce the shrink of cashmere yarn. Orthogonal design and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation were used for optimizing treating parameters. Experimental results showed that the yarn shrink percentage of treated yarn was 0.56% which was less than that untreated yarn, and the treated yarn strength had a little drop compared with untreated yarn. The fiber scale outline of treated yarn could be observed by SEM, but the scale edge is blunt and irregular.</p>
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Cashmere fiber has soft hand and good elasticity. However, it exhibits shrink because of its scale. In this work, cashmere yarn (38.26 tex) was treated using NaCl-KMnO4 to reduce the shrink of cashmere yarn. Orthogonal design and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation were used for optimizing treating parameters. Experimental results showed that the yarn shrink percentage of treated yarn was 0.56% which was less than that untreated yarn, and the treated yarn strength had a little drop compared with untreated yarn. The fiber scale outline of treated yarn could be observed by SEM, but the scale edge is blunt and irregular.

Shrink-Proof Treatment Parameter Optimisation of Cashmere Yarn

Fibres & Textiles in Eastern Europe

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Cashmere fiber has soft hand and good elasticity. However, it exhibits shrink because of its scale. In this work, cashmere yarn (38.26 tex) was treated using...

Shrink-Proof Treatment Parameter Optimisation of Cashmere Yarn

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Sep 28, 2022

Page range: 57 - 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ftee-2022-0023

Keywords
cashmere yarn, shrink-proof, potassium permanganate treatment, yarn shrinkage percentage

© 2022 Long Li, et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Public License.

Shrink-Proof Treatment Parameter Optimisation of Cashmere Yarn

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Sep 28, 2022

Page range: 57 - 60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ftee-2022-0023

Keywordscashmere yarn, shrink-proof, potassium permanganate treatment, yarn shrinkage percentage

© 2022 Long Li, et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Public License.

Keywords
cashmere yarn, shrink-proof, potassium permanganate treatment, yarn shrinkage percentage