Abstract
Bleached cotton fabric and a water-based polymer coating solution made from ethylene acrylic acid co-polymer which is multifunctional polymer material is used in this experimental study to increase the bending and thermal properties of cotton fabrics. Roller coating and Exhaust methods is used to apply ethylene acrylic acid co-polymer solution on the cotton fabric surface. The coated fabric surface is then cured and dried at a temperature of 60–90 °C using a laboratory oven. The developed fabric samples are then taken for testing for its bending and thermal properties using a fabric stiffness tester and DSC thermal analyzer. The chemical composition and its chemical group finger print analysis is also ascertained using FTIR spectra. The fabric stiffness results of coated fabrics show increased bending properties and the thermal property results from DSC and plotted graphs prove its robustness and resistance to heat. However, Roller coating method seems to be more efficient than exhaust method with respect to the application method employed for coating ethylene acrylic acid co-polymer.
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