Flame Retardant Cotton Blend Highlofts

Parikh, D. V.; Sachinvala, Navzer D.; Sawhney, A.P.S.; Robert, K.Q.; Graves, Elena; Calamari, Timothy A.; Chen, Y.; Jirsák, Oldřich

doi:10.1177/0734904103036114

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“…Diammonium phosphate lowers the combustion temperature of the material, decreases maximum rates of weight loss, and causes a higher amount of char [9]. In earlier research [10][11][12][13][14][15], better flammability resistance resulted from synergism of phosphorus and nitrogen and from urea or certain urea derivative compounds. [8].…”

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Cone calorimeter evaluation of two flame retardant cotton fabrics

2012

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SUMMARY Unbleached (gray) cotton needle‐punched nonwoven (NW) fabrics with 12.5% polypropylene scrim were treated with two phosphate–nitrogen‐based flame retardant (FR) formulations, Southern Regional Research Center (SRRC)‐1 and SRRC‐2. The SRRC‐1 formulation contains diammonium phosphate as the FR chemical along with urea and dimethyloldihydroxyethyleneurea. Because a trace amount of formaldehyde was still expected to be released from SRRC‐1‐treated FR cotton under high heat, it was preferable to eliminate the dimethyloldihydroxyethyleneurea, leading to the revised formulation SRRC‐2. It has a higher content of diammonium phosphate and did not use the polyethylene emulsion that was in SRRC‐1. Both formulations were of low cost as they were developed at SRRC using industrial grade chemicals. The fabrics were evaluated with a cone calorimeter using three heat flux levels, 20, 30, and 50 kW/m2. On the basis of the overall cone calorimeter results for heat released and ignition times, FR NW fabrics that were treated with SRRC‐2 were found to be slightly superior in flammability properties to those treated with the earlier SRRC‐1 formulation, but the differences were statistically insignificant. Both preparations were much less flammable than the untreated control cotton NW fabrics. Compared with the untreated NW fabrics, the FR fabrics had higher visible smoke production. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Cone calorimeter evaluation of two flame retardant cotton fabrics

2012

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“…The process by which a combustible substance can be busted into flames, producing fire or combustion, or can be exploded is called flammability. Cotton is highly flammable [ 18 ]. It propagates fire easily and burns quickly.…”

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Improving the functionality of raw cotton: simultaneous strength increases and additional multi-functional properties

Sela¹,

Nayab-Ul-Hossain

Rakib

et al. 2020

Heliyon

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It has, nowadays, become indispensable to get multi-functional properties from a single piece of fabric or garment in the sector of textile and fashion. Cotton fabric is now extremely being utilized in garments all over the world. At the raw stage, cotton fabric has less reflectance, high ignition tendency, moreover the proclivity to be attracted by microorganisms. The strength of the fabric might be deteriorated because of frequent processing. In this study, a single jersey raw (grey) cotton fabric of 150 GSM was processed with a pertinent chemical treatment to convert the reflectance to about 100 % and impart flame resistance property together with the other functional properties. Due to the attainment of high reflectance and flame resistance traits, the heat-absorbing tendency of the fabric became low which improved the comfortability of the fabric. The strength of the processed fabric was increased by 4 %. Crease recovery angle was increased by 57 % in the course way and by 82 % in wales way direction that attributed crease-resistance and more stability to the modified fabric. Moreover, the processed fabric was also able to exhibit antimicrobial properties. Strength improvement, attainment of crease-resistance, and antimicrobial property could enhance the longevity of the fabric. The attainment of multifunctional properties together with the strength improvement simultaneously provided a unique feature to the modified cotton fabric. It was a permanent chemical treatment, and it modified the surface of the fabric, which ultimately enhanced the proclivity of cotton fabric to be more compact or crystalline and more stable. The addition of the new quality of the cotton fabric could endure even after washing. The modified cotton fabric with newly added characteristics could be a good choice to prepare garments with felicitous longevity to protect from heat, fire flame sensitivity. It really could create an opportunity in multi-functional fabric processing as well as modern textiles.

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“…At the Southern Regional Research Center (SRRC), FR barriers have been developed with phosphate-based nondurable (to washing) formulations [13][14][15] for grey unbleached cotton fabrics. For comparison, a commercially available, nitrogen-containing phosphonic acid salt-based FR chemical, Flovan Ò cyanoguanidine (CGN; ''F'') was acquired from Huntsman Corporation (Huntsman Corporation, High Point, NC, USA, acquired it from CIBA, Europe).…”

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Flame-retardant cotton barrier nonwovens for mattresses

Parikh

Ingber

Nam

et al. 2013

Journal of Fire Sciences

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According to regulation CPSC 16 CFR 1633, every new residential mattress sold in the United States since July 2007 must resist ignition by open flame. An environmentally benign ''green,'' inexpensive way to meet this regulation is to use a low-cost flame-retardant barrier fabric. In this study, a nonwoven fabric of grey unbleached cotton was treated with a low-cost phosphate-based formulation. The energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis showed uniform nitrogen and phosphorus distribution. With 17% add-on, the flame-retardant unbleached cotton barrier showed a limiting oxygen index of 33% oxygen and 83 mm of char length with no after-flame and no afterglow in the vertical flame test. Under air and nitrogen at 500°C, 24% and 35% char remained after thermogravimetric analyses, respectively. This flame resistance is comparable to that of current commercial barrier fabrics made from bleached cotton and Flovan cyanoguanidine or from T-bond grey cotton fiber highlofts (Jones Fiber). Mattresses constructed with a flame-retardant cotton nonwoven barrier fabric are predicted to meet the requirements of 16CFR1633. As a follow-up to this study, a full-scale mattress burn test is recommended.

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Flame Retardant Cotton Blend Highlofts

Cited by 14 publications

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Cone calorimeter evaluation of two flame retardant cotton fabrics

Cone calorimeter evaluation of two flame retardant cotton fabrics

Improving the functionality of raw cotton: simultaneous strength increases and additional multi-functional properties

Flame-retardant cotton barrier nonwovens for mattresses

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