what is application of chemistry in textile industry
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What is the application of chemistry in the textile industry?
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Shahid Momin
Answered 4 years ago
Would you buy griege colour a shirt or pants or you'll prefer some other colours? Majority of Textile material(fibers) in their natural colours are unattractive silk being beige coloured, wool with different colours according to breed, cotton in yellowish tint which. It becomes important to change their colours by dyeing, bleaching to make it bright and Mercerisation to change the elliptical cross-section of cotton to circular to improve lustre. To cope up with the problems of natural fibers synthetic fibers were developed which are spun by solution spinning and melt spinning in solution spinning the polymer is dissolved using a solvent and in melt spinning the polymer is heated to melt and then it is extruded from spinnerets. Nowadays textile aren't only intended for apparels they've wide market share known as Technical Textiles. There are various finishes applied on textiles like resin finish to improve the crease recovery, anti-microbial finishes on surgical gowns, anti-mildew and anti-microbial for kitchen apron, UV treatment for curtains, chemically inert filters, etc.
These are the applications of chemistry in textiles in brief. I hope you'll get the point.