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Flame retardancy of cotton fabric using sustainable tree gum

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Title Flame retardancy of cotton fabric using sustainable tree gum
 
Creator Gayathri, J J
Kalaiarasi, K
 
Subject Cotton
Flame retardant
Mesquite tree gum
Self-extinguishment
Thermal degradation
 
Description 370-378
Mesquite tree gum (Prosopis gum), an agro waste, has been investigated as an innovative flame-resistant material. The extracted mesquite gum is adjusted at three different pH (5, 9 & 12) and applied on selected bleached cotton fabrics. The vertical flammability test and the limiting oxygen index (LOI) have been used to analyse the flame-retardant qualities of cotton (control and finished) fabrics. The mesquite gum finished fabric at alkaline pH (12) shows LOI value of 27%, which is 1.5 times greater than that of the control fabric. Besides, a char length of 85mm indicates self-extinguishment. The char surface morphology indicates that mesquite tree gum preserves fibre integrity. Durability of the flame-retardant property of the treated fabric to washing and rubbing has also been studied. The results of thermal degradation show 35 % weight loss with control cotton fabric against 29% weight loss of the mesquite tree gum finished fabric sample at 900 oC. Hence, mesquite tree gum has a good potential to be a sustainable flame retardant.
 
Date 2024-10-09T07:02:45Z
2024-10-09T07:02:45Z
2024-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1025 (Online)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/64694
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijftr.v49i3.663
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJFTR Vol.49(3) [September 2024]