New method for determining the degree of fibrillation of regenerated cellulose fibres

In this study, we propose a convenient method for testing the fibrillation tendency of man-made cellulosic fibres (MMCFs) and investigate the possibility to apply a commercial crosslinker for Tencel fibres on the ionic liquid-based regenerated cellulosic fibre (Ioncell fibre). The fibrillation tendency of various MMCFs including viscose, Modal, Tencel and Ioncell fibres were examined through wet abrasion by using ball bearing and blending methods. The fibrillation tests using a laboratory blender was found to be a superior method over the ball bearing method in terms of time and energy saving. The fibrillation tendency of the fibres highly depended on their cellulose molecular orientation and the treatment intensity (time, temperature and alkalinity) in the blender. This fibrillation method was also applied to discover the effect of the crosslinking on the fibrillation tendency of the fibres. The Ioncell fibre proved to be suitable for crosslinking treatment to reduce fibrillation using 1,3,5-triacryloyl-hexahydro-1,3,5-triazine (TAHT)—a commercial Tencel crosslinker.

Keywords

Crosslinking, Fibrillation, Ioncell, Regenerated cellulose fibre, Tencel

DOI

10.1007/s10570-020-03513-y

Citation

Ma, Y, Rissanen, M, You, X, Moriam, K, Hummel, M & Sixta, H 2021, ' New method for determining the degree of fibrillation of regenerated cellulose fibres ', Cellulose, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 31-44 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-020-03513-y

Permanent link to this item

https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-202201101074

Collections

[article-cris] Kemian tekniikan korkeakoulu / CHEM

Show all metadata

New method for determining the degree of fibrillation of regenerated cellulose fibres

Access rights

URL

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Authors

Date

Department

Major/Subject

Mcode

Degree programme

Language

Pages

Series

Abstract

Description

Keywords

Other note

DOI

Citation

Permanent link to this item

Collections