INFLUENCE OF STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES ON DURABILITY OF DYED COTTON FABRIC AFTER LAUNDERING

S.B. MATTI¹*, S.D. NAIK^2
1Department of Textile and Apparel Designing, College of Community Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580 005, Karnataka, India
²Department of Textile and Apparel Designing, College of Community Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580 005, Karnataka, India
* Corresponding Author : shreelamatti@gmail.com

Received : 27-07-2018     Accepted : 11-08-2018     Published : 15-08-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 15       Pages : 6806 - 6809
Int J Agr Sci 10.15 (2018):6806-6809

Keywords : Dyed cotton fabrics, Surfactant, Laundering
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to College of Community Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580 005, Karnataka, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

In this study an attempt has been made to know the influence of structural properties on durability of cotton fabric after laundering. The structural and durable properties were assessed before washing and after every 5th wash and influence was calculated. The results revealed that the influence of GSM of black and blue test samples has affected the warpway tensile strength after 10th and 15th washes (-05.10 and -03.07 respectively) and green and red test samples after 15th wash (-04.41 and -03.38 respectively) and the GSM has negatively influenced the weftway tensile strength of black (-02.83) and red (-02.43) test samples; and positively the blue sample (02.52) after 15th wash. The warpway elongation was influenced by GSM of black sample (-02.74) and cloth thickness of green sample (03.63) at control and the cloth thickness of blue sample after 5th wash (02.41). After 15th wash, the cloth thickness of blue sample (-02.45) and GSM of green sample (-02.79) influenced negatively and the ends per inch influenced the weftway elongation of green fabric at control (-03.46) & the cloth count (warpway) and GSM of red sample did influenced after 5th (02.48 and 02.38 respectively) and 15th washes (02.57 and -04.05).After 15th wash the abrasion cycles influenced by the picks per inch (cloth count weft - 02.44).This is because the tensile force readily displaced the cellulose molecules in the amorphous region and wear off of the ultimate fabric and chemicals present in the surfactant.

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