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Low-Stress Mechanical Properties of Sericin-Coated Polyester Fabric for Sportswear Application


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1 Department of Textile Technology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Erode 638 401, India
2 Department of Textile Technology, Jaya Engineering College, Thiruninravur 600 054, India
3 Department of Rural Industries and Management, The Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, Dindigul 624 302, India
 

Polyester fabric has been treated with sericin using different methods to improve the comfort of sportswear. Five different coating methods have been investigated, namely polyester fabric treated with alkali, alkali and sericin, sericin with DMDHEU and glutaraldehyde mixture, plasma followed by sericin and glutaraldehyde, and plasma followed by sericin and DMDHEU. The low-stress mechanical properties of the samples have been investigated. Sericin-treated fabric samples show higher tensile resilience, shear rigidity, shear hysteresis, bending and bending hysteresis, compressional energy and compressional resilience and lower extensibility, surface friction and surface roughness. The hand values of all the samples have improved, and the raw fabric treated with plasma, sericin, and DMDHEU has produced the highest overall hand value of the samples.

Keywords

Fabrichand Value, Glutaraldehyde, Low-Stress Mechanical Property, Polyester, Sericin, Sportswear, Surface Treatment.
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Authors

D Kamalraj
Department of Textile Technology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Erode 638 401, India
V Subramaniam
Department of Textile Technology, Jaya Engineering College, Thiruninravur 600 054, India
B Senthil Kumar
Department of Rural Industries and Management, The Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, Dindigul 624 302, India

Abstract


Polyester fabric has been treated with sericin using different methods to improve the comfort of sportswear. Five different coating methods have been investigated, namely polyester fabric treated with alkali, alkali and sericin, sericin with DMDHEU and glutaraldehyde mixture, plasma followed by sericin and glutaraldehyde, and plasma followed by sericin and DMDHEU. The low-stress mechanical properties of the samples have been investigated. Sericin-treated fabric samples show higher tensile resilience, shear rigidity, shear hysteresis, bending and bending hysteresis, compressional energy and compressional resilience and lower extensibility, surface friction and surface roughness. The hand values of all the samples have improved, and the raw fabric treated with plasma, sericin, and DMDHEU has produced the highest overall hand value of the samples.

Keywords


Fabrichand Value, Glutaraldehyde, Low-Stress Mechanical Property, Polyester, Sericin, Sportswear, Surface Treatment.

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