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Polyurethane Impregnation for Improving the Mechanical and the Water Resistance of Polypropylene-Based Textiles
Commercial waterborne polyurethane (PU) dispersions, different in chemistry and selected on the basis of eco-friendly components, have been applied to a common polypropylene (PP)-based woven fabric. Impregnation has been chosen as a textile treatment for improving the features of basic technical tex...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8068850/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33924577 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14081951 |
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author | Patti, Antonella Costa, Francesco Perrotti, Marta Barbarino, Domenico Acierno, Domenico |
author_facet | Patti, Antonella Costa, Francesco Perrotti, Marta Barbarino, Domenico Acierno, Domenico |
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description | Commercial waterborne polyurethane (PU) dispersions, different in chemistry and selected on the basis of eco-friendly components, have been applied to a common polypropylene (PP)-based woven fabric. Impregnation has been chosen as a textile treatment for improving the features of basic technical textiles in light of potential applicability in luggage and bag production. The effect of drying method, performed under conditions achieved by varying the process temperature and pressure, on the features of the treated textiles, has been verified. The prepared specimens were characterized in terms of mechanical behavior (tensile, tear and abrasion resistance) and water resistance (surface wettability and hydrostatic pressure throughout the treated textiles). The experimental results suggest an incremental improvement of the tensile features for all the investigated specimens. For tear strength, no augmentation compared to that of the neat textile, could be verified as a consequence of polyurethane treatment. Remarkable improvements of abrasion resistance were displayed for all the impregnated PP textiles. Benefits in water resistance could be attributed to the presence of hydrophobic PU in the textile weaving of the PP samples. The ultimate improvement in water resistance was dependent on drying conditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-80688502021-04-26 Polyurethane Impregnation for Improving the Mechanical and the Water Resistance of Polypropylene-Based Textiles Patti, Antonella Costa, Francesco Perrotti, Marta Barbarino, Domenico Acierno, Domenico Materials (Basel) Article Commercial waterborne polyurethane (PU) dispersions, different in chemistry and selected on the basis of eco-friendly components, have been applied to a common polypropylene (PP)-based woven fabric. Impregnation has been chosen as a textile treatment for improving the features of basic technical textiles in light of potential applicability in luggage and bag production. The effect of drying method, performed under conditions achieved by varying the process temperature and pressure, on the features of the treated textiles, has been verified. The prepared specimens were characterized in terms of mechanical behavior (tensile, tear and abrasion resistance) and water resistance (surface wettability and hydrostatic pressure throughout the treated textiles). The experimental results suggest an incremental improvement of the tensile features for all the investigated specimens. For tear strength, no augmentation compared to that of the neat textile, could be verified as a consequence of polyurethane treatment. Remarkable improvements of abrasion resistance were displayed for all the impregnated PP textiles. Benefits in water resistance could be attributed to the presence of hydrophobic PU in the textile weaving of the PP samples. The ultimate improvement in water resistance was dependent on drying conditions. MDPI 2021-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8068850/ /pubmed/33924577 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14081951 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Patti, Antonella Costa, Francesco Perrotti, Marta Barbarino, Domenico Acierno, Domenico Polyurethane Impregnation for Improving the Mechanical and the Water Resistance of Polypropylene-Based Textiles |
title | Polyurethane Impregnation for Improving the Mechanical and the Water Resistance of Polypropylene-Based Textiles |
title_full | Polyurethane Impregnation for Improving the Mechanical and the Water Resistance of Polypropylene-Based Textiles |
title_fullStr | Polyurethane Impregnation for Improving the Mechanical and the Water Resistance of Polypropylene-Based Textiles |
title_full_unstemmed | Polyurethane Impregnation for Improving the Mechanical and the Water Resistance of Polypropylene-Based Textiles |
title_short | Polyurethane Impregnation for Improving the Mechanical and the Water Resistance of Polypropylene-Based Textiles |
title_sort | polyurethane impregnation for improving the mechanical and the water resistance of polypropylene-based textiles |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8068850/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33924577 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14081951 |
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