SERISHM: AN ECO-FRIENDLY AND BIODEGRADABLE FLAME RETARDANT FOR FABRICS
Biodegradable and eco-friendly materials are preferred due to less environmental impacts in compare to synthetic and chemical compounds. Serishm is known as a natural protein based material which includes Collagen and has been considered as an ancient coating on textile materials. However, there i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Zibeline International
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Environment & Ecosystem Science |
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| Online Access: | https://environecosystem.com/archives/2ees2017/2ees2017-05-08.pdf |
| Summary: | Biodegradable and eco-friendly materials are preferred due to less environmental impacts in compare to synthetic
and chemical compounds. Serishm is known as a natural protein based material which includes Collagen and has been
considered as an ancient coating on textile materials. However, there is a lack of scientific approach and experimental
finding to show the capability of using this material as the fire retardant for fabrics. Therefore, the main objective of
this work is to investigate the possibility of using Serishm as a natural fire-retardant material. 23 various samples in
fabric type (polyester, cotton and cotton/polyester) , Serishm content in 150 cc water (5, 10 and 15 g) were
investigated under various conditions of padding pressure (2, 3 and 4 MPa), padding times (2, 3 and 4 times) andmethod
of coating (pad dry cure, conventional method and injection molding of silicone-resin. Moreover, as cotton fabrics
were highly flammable, various nano-silica contents (2, 4 and 8%) were used to determine the most appropriate
condition for cotton fabrics. Flame retardancy and physical properties of each sample were evaluated. According to
the test results, polyester fabric coated by Serishm showed better flame retardancy in compare to cotton and
cotton/polyester fabrics. By increasing the padding times, the sample was capable to stop the firing procedure. The
conventional coating showed better results in compare to padding methods, while the injection molding was the most
appropriate method in compare to the other methods. It was concluded that the protein resin could completely
penetrate into the fabric texture during injection molding. Therefore, by applying Serishm through injection method
even cotton fabrics showed better flame retardancy |
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| ISSN: | 2521-0882 2521-0483 |