Setting of wool fiber with thioglycolic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and formaldehyde, the latter two being attempted to perform relinking between polypeptide chains of reduced fiber with thioglycolic acid, were studied in relation to conditions of treatments.
Results obtained were as follows:
(a) High degree of set outside of isoelectric region of wool fiber in thioglycolic acid treatment is obtained. High degree of set in alkaline side is mainly due to alkali itself.
(b) It is observed the saturated value of set is obtained at the definite concentration of thioglycolic acid, the concentration depending on the temperature of treatment.
(c) The higher the temperature, the higher the degree of set is obtained, and the tendency is clearly noticed in high temperature.
(d) Long period of rinsing in water after treatment increases set of fiber. It is considered that the increase of set is rather due to relinks between segments during the long soaking, not necessary due to removal of thioglicolic acid remained in fiber.
(e) After treatment with hydrogen peroxide for pretreated wool fiber with thioglycolic acid promotes set. It is doubtful, however, that the promotion of set is due to relinks of cysteins by oxidation with peroxide, as ordinarily believed, from the fact that the fiber is damaged when the set is obviously promoted.
(f) Set of wool fiber pretreated with thioglycolic acid is evidently elevated by aftertreatment with formaldehyde aqueous solution. It may be bought about by methylene crosslinks between polypeptides, considering from that alkali solubility of the fiber is less than that of fiber not aftertreated, The improvment of set by aftertreatment with formaldehyde depends on pH value, concentration, and temperature of treatments.
(g) The tendencies, above described, were ascertained also in the case of worsted fabric.
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