Study on Hydrophilic Modification of Acrylic Yarn

Abstract

In order to improve the moisture absorption of the acrylic yarn, the acrylic yarn was firstly hydrolyzed in the caustic soda (NaOH) solution to convert the cyano group molecular into hydrophilic group, then the reticulated coatings was formed on fiber surface by chemical crosslink. Furthermore, the effect of the acrylic hydrolysis temperature, NaOH dosage, ethanol, cross-linking agent (CLA) on acrylic affinity for moisture was discussed through the contrast experiments. The best experimental conditions were investigated by the orthogonal experiments, and the optimum process parameters were obtained. The results indicate that under the condition of NaOH concentration of 6%, hydrolysis time of 15 min, temperature of 80°C, and cross-linking agent concentration of 0.09% on weight the yarn (owf), the moisture regain of modified acrylic yarn has increased by 245.4% as compared with that of untreated acrylic yarn and the water absorption has been improved greatly.