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Effect of heat-treatment on stretch of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) woven fabric
- Issue Date
- Jun-2003
- Publisher
- KOREAN FIBER SOCIETY
- Keywords
- PTT; woven fabric; stretch; heat-treatment; DTY
- Citation
- FIBERS AND POLYMERS, v.4, no.2, pp.84 - 88
- Journal Title
- FIBERS AND POLYMERS
- Volume
- 4
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 84
- End Page
- 88
- ISSN
- 1229-9197
- Abstract
- The properties of a woven fabric made of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT) were investigated. The PTT fabric of draw textured yarn (DTY) showed excellent stretch as good as a fabric containing spandex. However, the unique stretch of the PTT fabric reduced dramatically by simple heat-treatment even at as low as 80degreesC. To understand the phenomenon. the crimp rigidity of the DTY was observed by SEM. It was found that the drastic reduction of stretch was caused by irreversible uncrimping of PTT DTY after heat-treatment. Conclusively, it is of importance to optimize the texturing conditions for PTT DTY to make the crimp more stable.
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