Effect of silk sericin pre-treatment on dyeability of woollen fabric
Silk fibres consist of sericin and fibroin. 20–25% of silk fibre is sericin. Sericin is biodegradable, antibacterial, and UV resistant. In this study, silk sericin protein was applied to wool fabric as a pre-treatment. Wool fabrics pre-treated with silk sericin were dyed with Eriofast Red B and Erio...
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Published in | Industria textilă (Bucharest, Romania : 1994) Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 203 - 209 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Bucharest
The National Research & Development Institute for Textiles and Leather - INCDTP
01.01.2021
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Summary: | Silk fibres consist of sericin and fibroin. 20–25% of silk fibre is sericin. Sericin is biodegradable, antibacterial, and UV
resistant. In this study, silk sericin protein was applied to wool fabric as a pre-treatment. Wool fabrics pre-treated with
silk sericin were dyed with Eriofast Red B and Eriofast Blue 3R dyestuffs. Colour and reflectance measurements of the
dyed wool samples were carried out. Washing, rubbing, light fastness properties were explored. Moreover, hydrophilicity,
nitrogen content (Kjeldahl Method), FTIR and ESCA analysis were performed on the sericin applied wool fabric samples.
Pre-treatment with sericin was found to increase the hydrophilicity level of wool fibres. Pre-treatment with silk sericin
also increased the colour yield of wool fibre dyed with Eriofast Red B and Eriofast Blue 3R. It was determined that the
wool fibre fabrics pre-treated with sericin displayed sufficient colour and colour fastness values even after dyeing at
lower dyeing temperatures. |
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ISSN: | 1222-5347 |
DOI: | 10.35530/IT.072.02.1771 |