Abstract
The reaction of cellulose with certain cross-linking agents has produced cotton fabrics with outstanding durable press characteristics. However, many of these reactions decrease the natural abrasion resistance of the fiber. Wet abrasion and dry abrasion are known to produce different types of damage in the cotton fiber. It was of interest to determine whether such differences occur in the machine washing and drying of cotton fabrics. To study this problem, both untreated and cross-linked cotton fabrics were made into trouser cuffs, washed repeatedly and line dried, or machine dried until extensive damage had occurred. The two reacted fabrics studied had been treated with dimethyloldihydroxyethyleneurea and tris(l-aziridinyl) phosphine oxide. Cuene solubility tests on ultrathin sections of fibers from th ese fabrics observed with the transmission electron microscope indicated that the fibers were uniformly cross-linked throughout.
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