The use of plasma energy have been studied for textile processes in order to find out the alternate of oil and coal energy. The weight reduce process of fabrics from cotton, rayon viscose, polyester, nylon, acrylic and acetate rayon have been carried out using plasma energy to decrease stiffness and improve soft and handling of fabric. The modification of textile fabrics was also carried out using plasma energy in order to improve character of the fabrics. It was concluded that the plasma energy was able to be used for weight reducing of natural and synthetic fibres, and the etching rate depends on the chemical structure of fibres. The plasma energy was able to be used as initiator for graft polymerization of hydrophilic and hydrophobic monomers onto textile fibres. The SEM analysis indicated that there were good compatibility between monomer and fibre. The tensile strength tends to decrease after etching and the tensile strength tends ton increase after of grafting with monomers.
Key word : plasma energy, textile finishing.
Zubaidi A. Kailani BALAI BESAR TEKSTIL
Key word : plasma energy, textile finishing.
Zubaidi A. Kailani BALAI BESAR TEKSTIL
