Comparative Intumascent Features of Cotton Textiles Treated with Alkaline and Acidic Casein Suspension
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Date
2019
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Technical University of Liberec
Abstract
The objective of present study was to investigate the effect of coating of different concentrations
and pH of aqueous casein suspension on thermo-oxidative properties and intumescent flame retardant
behavior of cotton fabrics. The flame retardant behavior was found to increase with increase in
concentration of casein suspension in both alkaline and acidic pH conditions. The casein suspension of
acidic pH was found to produce more char residue than the alkaline casein suspension, which indicated
their better thermo-oxidative properties. Furthermore, the phenomenon of intumescence was largely
observed in case of samples coated with acidic casein suspension due to easier release of ammonia from
protonated casein.
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Casein, Cotton, Intumescent, Flame retardant, Thermo-oxidative stability
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978-80-7494-473-4