TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of Spectrophotometric Methods in Assessing the Influence of Alkaline Treatment on the Degree of Crosslinking of Cotton Cellulose with BTCA
AU - Šauperl, Olivera
AU - Stana Kleinschek, Karin
AU - Vončina, Bojana
AU - Sfiligoj Smole, Majda
AU - Majcen le Marechal, Alenka
PY - 2003/11/1
Y1 - 2003/11/1
N2 - Polycarboxylic acids appear to be the most promising nonformaldehyde crosslinking agents to replace the traditional, mostly formaldehyde-based, compounds. The most effective among these acids is 1,2,3,4- butanetetracarboxylic acid (BTCA). In this study, a comparison was made of the crosslinking effect on mercerized and on unmercerized as well as with different BTCA mass fractions crosslinked cotton fibres using FT-IR spectroscopy, the methylene blue method and water retention determination. The main purpose of the research was to evaluate how the structural changes of mercerized cotton (transformation of cellulose I into cellulose II) influence the crosslinking of cellulose fibres.
AB - Polycarboxylic acids appear to be the most promising nonformaldehyde crosslinking agents to replace the traditional, mostly formaldehyde-based, compounds. The most effective among these acids is 1,2,3,4- butanetetracarboxylic acid (BTCA). In this study, a comparison was made of the crosslinking effect on mercerized and on unmercerized as well as with different BTCA mass fractions crosslinked cotton fibres using FT-IR spectroscopy, the methylene blue method and water retention determination. The main purpose of the research was to evaluate how the structural changes of mercerized cotton (transformation of cellulose I into cellulose II) influence the crosslinking of cellulose fibres.
KW - BTCA
KW - Cotton cellulose
KW - Crosslinking
KW - Mercerization
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:1542721964
SN - 0011-1643
VL - 76
SP - 293
EP - 298
JO - Croatica Chemica Acta
JF - Croatica Chemica Acta
IS - 4
ER -