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Colocasia Starch: An Alternate Natural Sizing Agent for Textile Application


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1 Department of Textiles and Apparel Designing, College of Community Science CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
 

As the humanity is again turning toward natural products instead of synthetics, the purpose of the experiment was to study the textile application of extracted Colocasia starch as natural stiffening agent on cotton fabric. A comparative testing of colocasia extracted starched samples with commercially available starch showed that the extracted starch was as good as control and can be safely applied on textiles as stiffening agent. Extracted Colocasia starch was stored at room temperature in air tight container. Even after one year it was observed that the starch was in good condition without change in colour and texture. Application of sizing agent leads to an increase in stiffness, strength and weight of the fabric. Study revealed that the starch extracted from Colocasia tubers can successfully be used as natural stiffening agent on cotton fabric.

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Colocasia, extraction, application, fabric, starch
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Sapna Gautam
Department of Textiles and Apparel Designing, College of Community Science CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India
Archana Sharma
Department of Textiles and Apparel Designing, College of Community Science CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062, India

Abstract


As the humanity is again turning toward natural products instead of synthetics, the purpose of the experiment was to study the textile application of extracted Colocasia starch as natural stiffening agent on cotton fabric. A comparative testing of colocasia extracted starched samples with commercially available starch showed that the extracted starch was as good as control and can be safely applied on textiles as stiffening agent. Extracted Colocasia starch was stored at room temperature in air tight container. Even after one year it was observed that the starch was in good condition without change in colour and texture. Application of sizing agent leads to an increase in stiffness, strength and weight of the fabric. Study revealed that the starch extracted from Colocasia tubers can successfully be used as natural stiffening agent on cotton fabric.

Keywords


Colocasia, extraction, application, fabric, starch

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