Naslov
The impact of enzymes on coarse wool felting

Autori
Vujasinović, Edita ; Andrassy, Maja ; Žuvela, Franka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings, 3rd Central European Conference Fibre Grade Polymers, Chemical Fibres and Special Textiles / Sfiligoj Smole, Majda ; Kreže, Tatjana ; Vončina, Bojana ; Majcen le Marechal, Alenka - Maribor : Fakultet strojarstva i brodogradnje Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2003, 1-4

Skup
3rd Central European Conference Fibre Grade Polymers, Chemical Fibres and Special Textiles

Mjesto i datum
Portorož, Slovenija, 10.09.2003. - 12.09.2003

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
wool; coarse wool; wool quality; feltability; enzyme scouring

Sažetak
Depending upon the end-use, feltability is, in a higher of lower degree, a positive property of wool. However, unintentional and unwished for interlacing of fibres (felting) occurs in raw wool scouring, which makes further processing more complicated. As the appearance of the fibre cuticula, among other factors, impacts feltability, interventions on the level of morphology (for example, applying enzyme treatments) makes control of feltability possible. The investigations described here deal with the impact of enzyme scouring on the appearance of coarse wool fibres, as well as on their feltability, which according to the system of coarse wool objective measurements is considered to be one of the relevant indicators of its quality. Since the density of wool balls (obtained through the Achen method of determining the degree of felting) is within between 0.049 and 0.066 gcm-3, the felt obtained can be classified as soft one. Scoured wool felting is at its lowest if 3.5% of the enzyme complex Bactosol WO is added into the scouring bath, together with the scouring agent.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Tekstilna tehnologija

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