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Coating superfine down powder on polypropylene for the production of dyeable fibers

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To develop dyeable isotactic polypropylene (iPP) fibers, superfine down powder (SDP) was coated on the surface of iPP fibers post melt-spinning. Optical micrographs showed that the surface of powder-coated iPP fibers was roughness, and the amount and dispersion of coated SDP were found entirely dependent on melt-spinning temperature. With the increase in coated SDP content, the moisture and water absorption of powder-coated iPP fibers increased. Powder-coated iPP fibers could be, respectively, dyed by reactive red dye and acid red dye, and the observed enhancement of color strength (K/S) and red value (a*) of powder-coated iPP fibers could be attributed to SDP coated on iPP fibers. It was worth noting that the removal of coated SDP affected the wet-washing fastness of powder-coated iPP fibers largely. In addition, the powder-coated iPP fibers were produced in a few minutes with lower cost and could have potential applications in textile industry.

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  1. College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, P. R. China

    Xin Liu, Jingjing Huang & Weilin Xu

  2. Key Laboratory of Green Processing and Functional Textiles of New Textile Materials, Ministry of Education, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430073, P. R. China

    Juan Huang, Wenbin Li & Weilin Xu

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Liu, X., Huang, J., Huang, J. et al. Coating superfine down powder on polypropylene for the production of dyeable fibers. Fibers Polym 12, 220–225 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-011-0220-3

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