{"title":"Green Approach to Recover the Cellulose Acetate Fiber from Used Cigarette Butts, and Characterize the Filter Fiber","authors":"F. Afroz, Rois U Mahmud, Raijul Islam","doi":"10.1177/24723444231175209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/24723444231175209","url":null,"abstract":"Cigarette butts are one of the most discarded and littered items in the world, with a total amount of around 5.6 trillion, posing a grave threat to the environment and human health. This research seeks to recover cellulose acetate fibers from used cigarette filters and to evaluate the yarn-making capabilities of these fibers. The cigarette butts were gathered from various locations, and the fibers and coating were separated. The fibers were then treated with hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydroxide to eliminate the burned color and odor. Acetone and distilled water were used to filter and distill the material properly. The color coordinates of the chemically altered fibers, including reflectance value and color strength, were measured afterward. To assess the chemical, thermal, physical, morphological, and mechanical characteristics of the modified cigarette butt filter fiber, atomic absorption spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and tensile properties were examined. Significant and appealing findings were obtained for the mechanical parameters, particularly the tensile strength of 1.2 gm/den for a single fiber, the fiber density of 1.2 dtex, and the effective length of 25 mm, all of which indicate the fiber’s suitability for yarn production. In addition, FTIR, thermogravimetric analysis, and X-ray diffraction measurements revealed that the cigarette butt filter fiber possessed the same characteristics as commercial cellulose acetate fiber. The preliminary results obtained on the recovered cellulose acetate fiber are encouraging for the application of this recovery material from cigarette butts to create a high-demand and value-added product, such as yarn for garment production.","PeriodicalId":6955,"journal":{"name":"AATCC Journal of Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42131240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiangfei Lou, Hongmei Cai, Yueling Sun, J. Yuan, Jin Xu, Aixue Dong, Zheng-biao Gu, X. Fan
{"title":"Evaluation of Storage Stability for Delayed-Curing Non-Iron Finishing Sensitized Fabrics via Characteristic Group and Cross-linking Reaction Kinetics","authors":"Jiangfei Lou, Hongmei Cai, Yueling Sun, J. Yuan, Jin Xu, Aixue Dong, Zheng-biao Gu, X. Fan","doi":"10.1177/24723444231175210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/24723444231175210","url":null,"abstract":"In delayed-curing and non-iron finishing, the sensitized fabric after low-temperature drying should have good surface planeness before curing at high temperatures, which implies that the finishing agent has not reacted with the cellulose fibers during storage; therefore, a suitable non-iron finishing agent is essential for achieving the above objectives. Meanwhile, there are currently no mature and efficient evaluation methods for the storage stability of sensitized fabrics. In this article, the content of characteristic groups of the sensitized fabrics with different storage conditions was measured. The storage time can be shortened from 30 to 6 days with high-temperature storage (40–60°C). The reaction kinetics equation was established under high-temperature storage; then using this equation to predict the cross-linking degree of sensitized fabrics during long-term storage at low temperature, the storage stability of sensitized fabrics can also be evaluated. The relative error of 2.5% between the predicted value and the measured value of the reaction degree showed the accuracy and effectiveness of the established method. This article provided a basis for the stability evaluation of the sensitized fabric and the selection of the finishing agent, finishing process, and storage conditions for the delayed-curing and non-ironing finishing process.","PeriodicalId":6955,"journal":{"name":"AATCC Journal of Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45096624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yue Zhou, Wei Bao, Fangying Yan, Ying Zhang, Laili Wang
{"title":"Carbon Footprint and Water Footprint Assessment of Down Jackets","authors":"Yue Zhou, Wei Bao, Fangying Yan, Ying Zhang, Laili Wang","doi":"10.1177/24723444231172216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/24723444231172216","url":null,"abstract":"Down jackets consume a lot of energy and water, and emit greenhouse gases, wastewater and other pollutants during the life cycle. For example, melt spinning polyester fibre production, spinning, weaving, fabric dyeing and finishing are high-energy consumption processes. Down processing, fabric dyeing and finishing are typical water consumption and wastewater pollutant discharge processes. Carbon and water footprints are practical tools for evaluating the environmental impact of a product in its life cycle. This article quantified and evaluated the carbon and water footprints of the life cycle of 100 down jackets – from raw material production to recycling and disposal without transportation activities. The results showed that the carbon footprint of the 100 down jackets production was 2544.1 kgCO2e with recycling. As for the water footprint, it showed that fabric production had a great impact on water eutrophication and water scarcity. The water scarcity footprint of 100 down jackets production was 27.46 m3H2Ot, respectively. The water eutrophication footprint generated by producing 100 down jackets in new industry was 1.91 kgPO43−eq. The comprehensive assessment of carbon footprint and water footprint with the life cycle assessment polygon method indicated that the raw material production phase of down jackets generated a more significant impact on the environment than the use phase. The impact on the environment during the use phase is primarily the environmental load on water resources.","PeriodicalId":6955,"journal":{"name":"AATCC Journal of Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44952882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Vasu, K. Dharmalingam, T. Ramachandran, C. Prakash
{"title":"Fabrication and Characterization of Organo Modified Polysiloxane Softened Linen Fabrics by On-Loom Integrated Finishing","authors":"P. Vasu, K. Dharmalingam, T. Ramachandran, C. Prakash","doi":"10.1177/24723444231172225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/24723444231172225","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the fabrication – that is, weaving and softening of linen fabric – was accomplished by on-loom integrated finishing on a handloom using a special attachment. The optimization of the process parameters (finish liquor concentration, temperature and curing time) for these on-loom integrated softening finished fabrics were investigated. The softened linen fabric was studied for their physical properties like softness, drapeability, wickability, water vapour permeability, air permeability, total crease recovery angle, tensile and tear strength against untreated fabric and also compared with similar finished market sample. Furthermore, chemical interaction of the softener with linen fabric and their morphology were studied by the Fourier transform infrared and scanning electron microscopy, respectively. The results showed that as the concentration of the finish liquor increased, the softening effect increased, while wickability decreased after the particular optimum point. It was observed that drapeability, total crease recovery angle, tensile and tear strength were increased till the optimum point with the increase in process parameters. However, water vapour permeability and air permeability were decreased. The Fourier transform infrared and scanning electron microscopy studies clearly proved the presence of softener chemical and a coating of a thin layer on the fabric. The optimum process parameters of concentration of the finish liquor, curing temperature and curing time were found to be 10 g/L, 60°C and 5 min, respectively, for softening of linen fabric using this integrated finishing method.","PeriodicalId":6955,"journal":{"name":"AATCC Journal of Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42876289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Sampath, C. Prakash, J. Hayavadana, G. Indu, V. Kapoor
{"title":"Study on Comfort Characteristics of Moisture Management Finished Microdenier Polyester Knitted Fabrics","authors":"M. Sampath, C. Prakash, J. Hayavadana, G. Indu, V. Kapoor","doi":"10.1177/24723444231172220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/24723444231172220","url":null,"abstract":"The influence of stitch length and knit structure on comfort characteristics of moisture management finish microdenier polyester knitted fabrics was determined to identify the suitable stitch length and knit structure. In order to study this effect, microdenier polyester filament yarn of 150 denier containing 108 filaments was taken. The yarn was converted to three knit structures such as single jersey, single airtex, and honeycomb, each containing three different stitch lengths of 2.6, 2.9, and 3.2 mm. The effect of stitch length and knit structure on comfort characteristics of moisture management finish knitted fabrics was significant. It was observed that single jersey fabrics showed quicker sinking times for the wetting test. In the wicking test, the wicking length increased continuously with stitch length for treated fabrics. In transverse wicking test for one drop of water and to reach saturation point, single jersey fabric shows a larger water spreading area. The time taken to reach saturation point is also shorter. In the moisture vapor transfer test for reduction in height and weight of water, single airtex fabrics show higher values. In the air permeability test, the single jersey structure exhibited higher air permeability values. It was observed that the single jersey structure with 2.9-mm stitch length had a superior performance with respect to comfort characteristics.","PeriodicalId":6955,"journal":{"name":"AATCC Journal of Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48820627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Tourist Attractions Recommendation Model Based on Sequence Interest Extraction and Location Information Fusion","authors":"Manman Zhang, Ruijia Tong, Xiaoling Xia","doi":"10.1177/24723444231172228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/24723444231172228","url":null,"abstract":"Travel, as one way to relax oneself, has become the first choice for people to enjoy their body and mind in modern society. However, while facing lots of information, how to help users make better decisions on their next travel goals through their historical interest spots is a direction that needs further research in big data recommendation systems. In this thesis, we proposed the deep convolution and multi-head self-attention position network model. First, it extracts the user’s historical interest point feature information by convolutional neural network method, and then performs horizontal and vertical filtering. Next, it interacts the obtained information with the candidate attraction information, and extracts the location information of the historical interest sequence by the multi-head self-attention mechanism. Finally, the model does the attention mechanism of the candidate attraction by fusing the feature information of the location information. The final model achieves a deep fusion of user sequence interest and location feature information. We conducted detailed comparison experiments with the very popular models in the industry on different public datasets, and the results showed that our deep convolution and multi-head self-attention position network model has good performance.","PeriodicalId":6955,"journal":{"name":"AATCC Journal of Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43920886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lisha Zhu, Yunfeng Chen, Qianwen Huang, Ying Zhang, Laili Wang
{"title":"Environmental Impact Assessment of Undergraduate Apparel Consumption Behavior","authors":"Lisha Zhu, Yunfeng Chen, Qianwen Huang, Ying Zhang, Laili Wang","doi":"10.1177/24723444231172218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/24723444231172218","url":null,"abstract":"Lifestyle changes have altered the consumption behavior of people. As one of the most energy-intensive and energy-consuming activities in the apparel consumption process, laundry and clothes drying have a significant impact on the environment in terms of carbon emissions and water consumption. Undergraduates are a special category of people whose worldviews are in the developmental stage, and it is important to study and develop their beliefs and behaviors regarding environmental consumption. This study investigates and evaluates the relationship between undergraduates’ consumption behaviors and environmental impacts. The 125 undergraduates in Hangzhou, China are classified into three different washing modes: H-mode (hand-washing only), M-mode (machine-washing only), and HM-mode (hand- and machine-washing) on the basis of their washing behavior. The environmental impacts including water footprint and carbon footprint of undergraduates are calculated by the methods of direct consumptive carbon footprint ( CC F dir ) and direct consumptive water footprint ( CW F dir ). The results show that the factors leading to the environmental impacts of Hangzhou undergraduates’ apparel consumption behavior are: washing frequency, consumer knowledge, washing method, drying frequency and method and clothing purchase quantity. It also reveals that higher washing and drying frequencies can lead to more energy and water consumption, which ultimately result in more severe environmental impact. Besides, consumer knowledge, washing and drying method do have a significant influence on undergraduates’ CC F dir and CW F dir . Understanding the factors that influence undergraduates’ apparel consumption behavior can help cultivate their environmental awareness as well as provide guidance to the government and universities in identifying the environmental impact of undergraduates’ clothing consumption.","PeriodicalId":6955,"journal":{"name":"AATCC Journal of Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43620150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Amir, Kashif Ahmed, S. Hasany, R. A. Butt
{"title":"Non-Covalent Bonding of Green Synthesized Copper Nanoparticles to Enhance Physicochemical Behavior of Sulfur-Dyed Cotton Fabric","authors":"Muhammad Amir, Kashif Ahmed, S. Hasany, R. A. Butt","doi":"10.1177/24723444231161742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/24723444231161742","url":null,"abstract":"Cotton fabric samples were treated with copper acetate mordant, in addition to green synthesized copper nanoparticles extracted from the Conocarpus erectus leaves, with two different concentrations of 10% and 20%, respectively. Two dyeing techniques, continuous dyeing and exhaust dyeing, were employed. X-ray diffraction confirmed the synthesis of copper nanoparticles with an approximate size of 30 nm. Scanning electron microscopy showed copper nanocrystals with a size range of 30–70 nm. The tensile strength showed an approximately 60% rise in the warp direction and an approximately 20% rise in the weft direction for both continuous and exhaust dyeing techniques. The color strength (ratio of absorption co-efficient (K) and scattering coefficient (S); K/S) showed an improvement of 100% and 20% for the exhaust and continuous dyeing techniques, respectively. Both the dyeing techniques showed a rising trend in color fastness to wash and color fastness to rubbing with an increment up to grade 5. The light fastness showed an improvement up to grade 6 for both the techniques. Fastness to rubbing showed an increment from 1 to 5 for both techniques.","PeriodicalId":6955,"journal":{"name":"AATCC Journal of Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43782481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Individualized Garment Pattern Generation in Batches Based on Biarc and Ezdxf","authors":"Qinwen Ye, Rong Huang, Huanhuan Liu, Zhaohui Wang","doi":"10.1177/24723444231161749","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/24723444231161749","url":null,"abstract":"With the stimulating demand of consumers for personalized garments, mass customization is gradually becoming prevalent. However, the automatic generation of personalized garment patterns remains core to mass customization. In this article, we propose a novel parametric apparel pattern-making method and achieve the automatic generation of personalized garment patterns in batches. First, we review the basic principle of biarc and present a new parametric pattern-making method based on biarc and ezdxf. Second, 1000 3D human models randomly generated by the SMPL-X parametric human model are clustered into 10 classes with the k-means clustering method, and 10 representative human models are selected from each cluster to generate their personalized garment pattern. Finally, the rationality of the personalized garment pattern is verified by virtual fitting. Our method has several advantages: (1) the proposed parametric biarc can be easily used to build parametric garment patterns without being limited by the style of the garment, (2) the proposed method is capable of generating personalized garment patterns in batches by imputing measurements from large numbers of individuals, and it only takes very little time, and (3) the personalized garment patterns can fit human bodies very well. The proposed method can be used to build parametric garment patterns and to achieve the batch generation of personalized patterns, improving the efficiency of garment customization and the quality of final products.","PeriodicalId":6955,"journal":{"name":"AATCC Journal of Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136271742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Praveen Nagarajan Durai, B. Kumar, G. Mahesh, P. Lakshmanakanth
{"title":"Investigation of Mechanical and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Sisal, Jute and Banana Peduncle Fibre Composite Materials","authors":"Praveen Nagarajan Durai, B. Kumar, G. Mahesh, P. Lakshmanakanth","doi":"10.1177/24723444231161748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/24723444231161748","url":null,"abstract":"In this research work, different blend ratios of sisal, jute, and banana peduncle fibre (BPF) nonwoven textiles were reinforced for composite manufacturing. Nine different types of composite samples were produced using the fibre reinforcements. The mechanical properties such as tensile, flexural, impact, water absorption and DMA were analysed per different ASTM standards. Results indicated that the jute-/BPF combination of 75%:25% as reinforcement significantly improved the composite material’s mechanical and functional properties (DMA, water absorption). The proper fibre blending ensured higher matrix resin reinforcement, interlaminar strength and compactness in the structure. The SEM analysis showed the internal fracture in the composite specimen.","PeriodicalId":6955,"journal":{"name":"AATCC Journal of Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43625812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}