Authors: Hale Bahar Öztürk Thomas Bechtold
Publish Date: 2007/08/03
Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 101-109
Abstract
The splitting tendency of viscose and modal fibers in aqueous alkali solutions of LiOH NaOH KOH and TMAH was investigated The viscose fibers splitted up to 5–7 fibrils whereas modal fibers splitted up to 2–4 fibrils depending on alkali type and concentration The fibrillar structure of lyocell enables it to split more 15–20 fibrils than viscose and modal fibers Splitting occurs where internal stress of fiber is high due to different alkali or void distribution inside fiber The splitting test couldn’t be achieved for viscose and modal fibers between 1 and 5 M concentration of NaOH and TMAH solutions due to breakage of fibers during test Above 5 M concentration no split can be observed due to even distribution of alkali inside fiber
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