Authors: Ivana Tatárová Avinash P Manian Barbora Široká Thomas Bechtold
Publish Date: 2010/07/08
Volume: 17, Issue: 5, Pages: 913-922
Abstract
Swelling of regenerated cellulose in nonalkali aqueous solutions containing lithium chloride and urea LiCl/urea/water was examined The effect of solution concentration on fiber properties was studied using microscopy weight gain swelling and mechanical strength tests The regenerated cellulose samples included lyocell fibers viscose fibers and fibers spun from alkali The change in the mechanical properties of treated fibers was smaller than that of fibers treated with alkali to the same level of swelling The degree of swelling in these solutions was related to the propensity for the formation of Li–cellulose coordination complexes and these were enhanced by reductions in both urea and water contentThe research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme FP7/20072013 under grant agreement no 214015 The authors gratefully acknowledge VersuchsanstaltTextilDornbirn for use of their facilities They are also grateful to Ms Sandra Köppel and Dr Eduard Burtscher for assistance during nitrogen analysis
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