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Enzymatic Scouring for Better Textile Properties of Knitted Cotton Fabrics

Standard procedures of cotton scouring involve alkali treatment, usually with NaOH. Waxes, protein substances, pectine and other impurities are removed from fiber during alkali conditions and some damages occurred. Enzymatic cotton scouring with pectinases is ecologically and economically favorable, compared with traditional NaOH scouring, and it is in the usage from 1999. In this work alkali and enzymatic scouring were investigated under the industrial conditions. After scouring knitted fabrics were prebleached, bleached, reactive dyed in dark shade and softened. Textile properties of knitted fabrics were analyzed by degree of polymerization (DP), sewability and wicking length.

Cotton knit fabric, wicking, sewability, degree of polymerization

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