Abstract
Incorporating an enzyme in the alkaline peroxide treatment bath enhances wool wet-tability and the effectiveness of subsequently applied chitosan biopolymer. Wool whiteness is also significantly enhanced. Wool knitted fabric thus treated is shrink resistant at the machine-washable level, which is one of the most important end-user demands. The formation of ionic bonds between the new sulphonic groups generated on the wool fiber surface and chitosan contribute to the shrink resistance of H2O2 + enzyme/chitosan treated wool. As a result of excessive increases in enzyme concentration in the peroxide bath, the wool surface cysteic acid content decreases, thus diminishing both the efficiency of post-applied chitosan solution and the shrink resistance.
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