Titre : |
Soil release polymers enhancing soil removal with eco-friendly products for polyester fabrics in the washing process |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Karolin Rouette, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2019 |
Article en page(s) : |
p. 54-56 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Catégories : |
Détergents Formulation (Génie chimique) Polyesters Polymères Produits nettoyants Textiles et tissus -- Lavage Textiles et tissus synthétiques
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Index. décimale : |
668.1 Agents tensioactifs : savons, détergents |
Résumé : |
Synthetic fabrics of polyesters improve in comparison to cotton the durability of apparels and household linen but lead due to their hydrophobic characteristics to problems of removal greasy soil which have a high affinity for hydrophobic synthetic fabrics improving their adhering to the hydrophobic fiber. The hydrophilic cotton fiber absorbs, by contrast, water quite well in the washing process, which makes the soil and stains easier to remove.
By physical absorbing of Repel-O-Tex soil release soil polymers (SRP) interactions between synthetic fabric and greasy soil are reduced and their surface hydrophilicity is enhanced making stain removal easier. Already at the first wash a strong adhesion of soil particles on the fibers is prevented and in the second the soil removal becomes much easier. In the following washing cycles the washing effect will be enhanced by obtaining the whiteness of the fibers without a build-up effect on the surface. |
Note de contenu : |
- Repel-O-Tex soil release polymers in the washing process
- Repel-O-Tex product range
- Repel-O-Tex soil release polymers in washing powders
- Repel-O-Tex SRP6
- Repel-O-Tex SF2
- Repel-O-Tex crystal for liquid detergents
- Fig. 1 : Adhesion of soil release polymer on the surface of polyester fiber : repel-OTex reduces the interactions between fabric and greasy soil with the following easier removal of greasy soil
- Fig. 2 : Visible soil removal of lard and chicken fat of polyester/cotton mixed fabric
- Fig. 3 : Improved removal of dirty motor oil of polyester/cotton mixed fabric and of knitted polyester by addition of Repel-O-Tex SRP6 to the detergent (addition of SRP6 to a commercial detergent containing from 5 to 15% anionic surfactants and < 5% nonionic surfactants)
- Fig. 4 : Best removal of toughest stains such as dirty motor oil soil of 92% on knitted polyester with Repel-O-Tex SF2
- Fig. 5 : Improved soil release performance of commercial concentrated detergent on polyester at 20°C and concentrations of 1.5% and 1% of soil release polymer crystal
- Fig. 6 : Whiteness (L Value of CIELAB system) of polyester fabric over ten washing cycles with a heavy duty liquid detergent concentrate (HDL 2x) at 30° through the addition of soil release polymer crystal
- Table 1 : Liquid laundry detergent |
En ligne : |
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17htFW2Wsf0wqYNJgcTt_9s8CG1nD88Ie/view?usp=drive [...] |
Format de la ressource électronique : |
Pdf |
Permalink : |
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in SOFW JOURNAL > Vol. 145, N° 3 (03/2019) . - p. 54-56