Abstract
Multifunctional carboxylic acids have been used as durable press finishing agents for cotton with sodium hypophosphite (NaH2PO2) as the most effective catalyst. In our previous research, we found that cellulose cross-linking takes place when cotton fabric treated with a combination of maleic acid and NaH2PO2 is cured at ≥150 °C. The data suggested that H−P−H of hypophosphite likely reacts with >C═C< of the maleic acid already esterified with cotton cellulose, thus making it possible to form cross-linking on cotton. In this research, we studied the effect of the maleic acid (MA) and NaH2PO2 treatment on the fire performance of cotton using microscale combustion calorimetry. We found that esterification of cotton by MA reduces the flammability of the cotton cellulose. NaH2PO2 catalyzes the esterification of MA on cotton, thus further reducing the cotton fabric’s flammability by increasing esterification on cotton. The quantity of ester formed on cotton reaches the optimum range when the curing temperature i...
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