Bicomponent Carbon Fibre within Woven Fabric for Protective Clothing
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Department of Textile Design and Menagement, Faculty of Textile Technology, University of Zagreb, Prilaz Baruna Filipovića 28a, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Textile Company Čateks d.d., 40000 Čakovec, Croatia
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Polymers 2020, 12(12), 2824; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12122824
Received: 12 November 2020
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Revised: 24 November 2020
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Accepted: 26 November 2020
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Published: 27 November 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Functional Fibrous Materials and Smart Textile)
For the purpose of this research, six types of woven fabrics with different proportions of bicomponent carbon fibres (CF), differently distributed in the fabric, were woven and tested. Fibre composition in the core and sheath was determined with X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). Two types of bicomponent CF were selected which are characterised by different proportions of carbon and other polymers in the fibre core and sheath and different cross-sections of the fibres formed during chemical spinning. Physical-mechanical properties were investigated, as well as deformations of fabrics after 10,000, 20,000 and 30,000 cycles under biaxial cyclic stress on a patented device. Tests of the surface and vertical electrostatic resistance from fabric front to back side and from the back side to the fabric front were conducted. According to the obtained results and statistical analyses, it was concluded that the proportion of CF affects the fabric’s physical and mechanical properties, the electrostatic resistance as well as the deformations caused by biaxial cyclic stresses. A higher proportion of CF in the fabric and a higher proportion of carbon on the fibre surface, gave lower electrostatic resistance, i.e., better conductivity, especially when CFs are woven in the warp and weft direction. The higher presence of CF on the front of the fabric, as a consequence of the weave, resulted in a lower surface electrostatic resistance.
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Keywords:
protective clothing fabric; bicomponent carbon fibre; electrostatic resistance; biaxial cyclic stresses; physical-mechanical properties
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Kovačević, S.; Brnada, S.; Schwarz, I.; Kiš, A. Bicomponent Carbon Fibre within Woven Fabric for Protective Clothing. Polymers 2020, 12, 2824. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12122824
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Kovačević S, Brnada S, Schwarz I, Kiš A. Bicomponent Carbon Fibre within Woven Fabric for Protective Clothing. Polymers. 2020; 12(12):2824. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12122824
Chicago/Turabian StyleKovačević, Stana, Snježana Brnada, Ivana Schwarz, and Ana Kiš. 2020. "Bicomponent Carbon Fibre within Woven Fabric for Protective Clothing" Polymers 12, no. 12: 2824. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12122824
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