Research on the process and performance of aloe anthraquinone-citric acid finishing of silk fabrics
Aiming at the shortcomings of poor wrinkle and UV resistance of silk fabrics,the process of using aloe anthraquinone-citric acid for wrinkle and UV resistance finishing of silk fabrics was studied to investigate the effects of mass concentration of aloe anthraquinone extract,mass concentration of citric acid,treatment time and treatment temperature on the wrinkle and UV resistance of the treated silk fabrics.Using the orthogonal test method of L9(34)and visual analysis of the test results,the optimum process for finishing silk fabrics with aloe anthraquinone-citric acid was obtained as 10 g/L mass concentration of aloe anthraquinone extract,5 g/L mass concentration of citric acid,treatment temperature of 60 ℃ and treatment time of 45 min.The optimum process was used to finish the silk fabrics and the properties of the silk fabrics were tested for wrinkle resistance,tensile strength and UV resistance after finishing.After finishing,the properties of the silk fabrics were tested for wrinkle resistance,tensile strength and UV resistance and compared and analysed with the properties of the fabrics before finishing and it was found that the silk fabrics had the properties of wrinkle resistance and UV resistance and the breaking strength did not change much after finishing with aloe anthraquinone-citric acid.