Shandong Science ›› 2023, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 60-68.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.2023.03.008

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Properties of the Exfresh fiber and its fabrics

FENG Longlong1(), XIE Bingbing1, ZHANG Ruiyun1,2,*(), LU Jian3, YU Hao3, WANG Yunhai4   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Textile Fabric Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University,Shanghai 201620, China
    2. Shanghai Belt and Road Joint Laboratory of Textile Intelligent Manufacturing,Shanghai 201620, China
    3. Shanghai Risoo Technology Textile Co.,Ltd., Shanghai 200082, China
    4. Zhejiang Hongyang Textile and Technical Co.,Ltd., Hangzhou 311200, China
  • Received:2022-09-14 Online:2023-06-20 Published:2023-06-07

Abstract:

The Exfresh fiber is a new type of modified acrylic fiber with fine denier and antibacterial properties; it is fabricated by adding an antibacterial agent to the spinning stock solution. The surface morphologies, mechanical properties, moisture absorption properties, specific resistance, friction properties, and curling properties of the Exfresh and ordinary acrylic fibers were tested and compared in this study. The elemental composition and chemical bonds of the two fibers were analyzed via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Furthermore, the moisture-absorbing quick-drying and moisture-absorbing heat-generating properties of the Exfresh blended fabrics were tested. Results showed that the Exfresh fiber featured a circular cross-section, rough longitudinal surface and dense grooves as well as a low linear density, excellent mechanical properties, and high spinnability. Additionally, it has a lower specific resistance and higher friction coefficient than the ordinary acrylic fiber, thereby making it difficult to produce static electricity. Results of the XPS analysis showed that the added antibacterial agent was a quaternary ammonium salt. Additionally, the evaporation rate of an Exfresh fiber-blended fabric is bigger than 0.18 g/h, and its maximum moisture-absorbing heat-generating temperature rise is bigger than 4 ℃. Moreover, it exhibits excellent moisture-absorbing quick-drying and moisture-absorbing heat-generating properties, and can be used to develop multifunctional fabrics.

Key words: Exfresh fiber, performance testing, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, moisture-absorbing quick-drying, moisture-absorbing heat-generating, antibacterial

CLC Number: 

  • TS102.5