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EP0294135A2
EP0294135A2 EP88304918A EP88304918A EP0294135A2 EP 0294135 A2 EP0294135 A2 EP 0294135A2 EP 88304918 A EP88304918 A EP 88304918A EP 88304918 A EP88304918 A EP 88304918A EP 0294135 A2 EP0294135 A2 EP 0294135A2
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Robinson (Nee Sanders), Janet
Christopher David Potter
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  • This invention relates to porous acrylic and mod­acrylic fibres, to a method of producing such fibres and to post-treatment of the fibres in the formation of end-­products.
  • Porous acrylic fibres are known and are described for example, in UK Patents 1,532,770 and 1,541,152 and in German Offenlegungsschrift 2,706,552.
  • an additive such as glycerol
  • the use of an additive in the spinning solution has the disadvantage that the properties of the fibre, such as tenacity, breaking load and exten­sibility, are permanently altered.
  • the present invention provides a process for the production of porous acrylic or modacrylic fibre which comprises:-
  • standard wet-spun acrylic or modacrylic fibre fibre that has been spun, using a wet spinning process, from a spinning solution which consists only of components commonly used for spinning acrylic or modacrylic fibre.
  • the polymer composition from which the fibre is spun is preferably either a homopolymer or acrylonitrile or a copolymer containing at least 85% by weight acrylo­nitrile, although modacrylic fibre can also be used.
  • Typical copolymers are methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate and/or vinyl acetate. Other comonomers, such as those that provide dye sites, may also be included.
  • ITA itaconic acid
  • AMPS 2-acrylamidomethylpropianosul­phonic acid
  • SMS sodium methylsulphonate
  • a suitable spinning solvent such as aqueous sodium thiocyanate, aqueous zinc chloride, dimethylformamide or dimethyl sulphoxide to form a spinning solution.
  • a suitable spinning solvent such as aqueous sodium thiocyanate, aqueous zinc chloride, dimethylformamide or dimethyl sulphoxide
  • Commonly used additives for other purposes may be included in the spinning solution but no additives which have the purpose of producing a porous fibre will be incorporated in the solution.
  • Examples of commonly used additives having other purposes are delustr­ing agents such as titanium dioxide, and optical brighten­ers such as fluorescent dye.
  • the effect of the abovementioned process according to the present invention is to "freeze" the fibre into the structure that it has in the never-dried state.
  • fibre that is wet-spun into a spin bath contains interstices that are filled with the spin bath liquid. This swollen fibre is washed, usually with water, and the water replaces the spin bath liquid in the interstices.
  • the fibre at this stage is in the never-dried or gel state.
  • the fibre is then dried, typically using air at a temperature of 140 - 160°C, to remove the water. During this drying step the interstices in the fibre collapse and thus the resulting fibre is non-porous.
  • the Tg of acrylonitrile-based polymers is generally about 85 - 90°C, and accordingly the maximum drying temperature is generally below 83°C.
  • drying tempera­ture is meant the temperature of the surface of the fibre during drying. As this is difficult to measure, in practice it is ensured that the drying temperature is below the Tg of the fibre by keeping the temperature of the drying medium surrounding the fibre, for example heated air, below 85°C.
  • the fibre must be exposed to the drying temperature for a sufficient time to remove the organic liquid, but this time must not be so long that the heat causes the pores in the fibre to collapse.
  • the actual drying time depends on the drying temperature, the higher the tempera­ture the shorter the time required.
  • the fibre is dried by a counter-current of heated air. In general, for drying air temperatures of 60 - 80°C, the drying time is under 5 minutes, usually between 30 seconds and 2 minutes. For lower air temperatures of between ambient and less than about 45°C drying times of up to 1 hour may be used.
  • Suitable organic liquids which may be used in the abovementioned process of the invention are polar organic solvents, for example alcohols, ethers, aldehydes and acetone, which have a boiling point at the operating pressure below 83°C. Alcohols, especially isopropyl alcohol, are preferred.
  • the fibre produced by the abovementioned process according to the invention has the advantage that its structure has not been irreversibly altered and thus the dried fibre is capable of being collapsed to a non-porous fibre having properties, such as tenacity, breaking load and extensibility, similar in value to an equivalent non-­porous fibre.
  • an equivalent fibre is meant fibre spun from the same spinning solution composition as the fibre produced by the abovementioned process according to the invention and using the same spinning conditions for spinning the non-porous fibre except that the process is not adapted to obtain a porous fibre.
  • the dried, porous fibre can be collapsed by heating it above the Tg of the fibre.
  • porous fibre is meant a fibre which, when dry, includes pores having a diameter between 0.009 and 0.85 micrometer ( ⁇ m).
  • non-porous fibre is meant a fibre wherein substantially all the pores are less than 0.009 ⁇ m in diameter.
  • the fibre produced by the abovementioned process of the invention has improved properties over known, commer­cially available acrylic fibre. These properties may vary depending upon the decitex of the fibre.
  • the present invention provides:
  • the porosity is often at least 0.4 cm3g ⁇ 1 and can be greater than 0.5 cm 3g ⁇ 1.
  • the internal surface area is often at least 60 m2g ⁇ 1, and in fibre (b) this area is often at least 45 m2g ⁇ 1.
  • Porosity, internal surface area and mean pore diameter were determined using mercury porosity measurements on a Micromeritics Pore Sizer 9310 and were calculated from the differences in cumulative intrusion volume (for porosity) and cumulative surface area (for internal surface area) between pressures of 20,000 psi and 200 psi.
  • This pressure range measures pore volumes/surface areas of pores, which are assumed to be cylindrical in shape, having a diameter of 0.009 to 0.85 ⁇ m respectively. Interstices having a diameter greater than 0.85 ⁇ m are not considered to be pores and were not measured as they cannot be separated from intra- or inter-filament voids.
  • Mean pore diameters were calculated from the change in volume of mercury intrusion for given changes in the pressure level.
  • Water imbibition was determined by weighing a dry sample of the porous fibre, immersing the sample in water to saturate the fibre, centrifuging the saturated fibre sample and then weighing the resulting moist fibre.
  • mmf is the mass of the moist fibre
  • mdf is the mass of the dry fibre.
  • the proportion of pores having a diameter of between 0.009 and 0.50 ⁇ m expressed as a percentage of all pores in the fibre having a diameter of between 0.009 and 0.85 ⁇ m is usually at least 95%, frequently at least 99%.
  • the proportion of pores having a diameter between 0.009 and 0.35 ⁇ m is usually at least 94%, frequently at least 98%, and the proportion of pores having a diameter between 0.009 and 0.20 ⁇ m is usually at least 92%.
  • the large majority of the pores have a pore size within the relative­ly narrow band of 009 to 0.20 ⁇ m.
  • the fibre according to the invention can be impreg­nated with additives and it has been found that this pore diameter of 0.009 to 0.20 ⁇ m, together with the high porosity of at least 0.3 cm3g ⁇ 1, enables the fibre to be impregnated uniformly with a high proportion of an additive.
  • porous fibre according to the invention can be impregnated with a wide variety of additives for a corresponding wide variety of end uses, or may be used additive-free, for example to absorb water or other liquids.
  • any additive is impregnated into the fibre in an aqueous or organic solution of the additive, depending upon the relative solubility of the additive.
  • the solvent in which the additive is dissolved must be a non-solvent for the fibre.
  • the resulting dried, impregnated fibre can be porous, partially collapsed or fully collapsed.
  • the present invention provides in one further aspect a process for impregnating porous acrylic or modacrylic fibre with an additive, which process comprises:
  • the fibre is preferably immersed in an aqueous solution of the additive, the additives being water-soluble.
  • Organic solvents which can have a boiling point above, below or the same as the Tg of the fibre, may also be used provided that they swell the fibre and the additive is soluble in them.
  • Liquid dispersions containing the additive dispersed in a dispersing medium which swells the fibre may be used if desired.
  • the invention also provides a process for impregnating a porous acrylic or modacrylic fibre with an organic liquid-soluble additive, which process comprises:
  • porous fibre impregnated according to the above process may be any porous fibre capable of being impreg­nated with an additive.
  • porous fibre includes both substantially dry porous fibre and never-dried fibre containing pores which are filled with liquid, usually water.
  • the fibre is a dry porous fibre it is preferably a fibre obtained by the process for the production of porous acrylic or modacrylic fibre according to the invention.
  • impregnation can be achieved by immersing the never-­dried fibre in an aqueous solution of the additive, which can be done either after or during washing of the never-­dried fibre and prior to the exchange with the organic liquid.
  • the additive is soluble in an organic liquid which can be used in the process for producing the porous fibre, then it can be dissolved in the liquid used for that purpose and thus incorporated into the fibre when the water in the never-dried fibre is exchanged for the organic liquid.
  • the never-dried fibre is immersed in a subsequent bath, after the water has been changed for the organic liquid, the subsequent bath containing the additive dissolved in an organic solvent.
  • drying conditions used depend upon the degree of porosity desired for the resulting dried, impregnated fibre.
  • the drying is carried out at a temperature less than the Tg of the fibre for a period of time that is sufficient to remove substantially all the organic liquid without causing substantially any collapse of the fibre, thereby to obtain a dried, impregnated fibre having a porosity which is substantially the same as the porosity of the dried porous fibre prior to impregnation.
  • This method is analogous to the drying of the unimpregnated porous fibre described above.
  • a fully porous impregnated fibre is desirable, for example, to obtain rapid release of the additive contained in the fibre, such as is required in some medical applica­tions.
  • the fibre is also useful for applications which require a maximum possible internal surface area such as in absorption applications.
  • the porous fibre may, for example, be impregnated with a chemical additive that is capable of absorbing toxic gases or capable of absorbing impurities in water.
  • the drying step is carried out above the Tg of the fibre, usually between 110 and 160°c.
  • a fully collapsed fibre has uses where substantially no release of the additive is required. However, with some additives, some release of the additive occurs over time, and this has applications where a low-level, slow, sustained release of the additive, usually for some months, is required.
  • An example of this application is the replenishment of soil nutrients. In this application the fibre is impregnated with a soil feed and the fibre buried in the soil where it will release the soil feed at a continuous low level for up to about six months.
  • the drying of the fibre can also be carried out under conditions such that a partially collapsed fibre is obtained.
  • This is particularly advantageous as the partial collapse of the pores allows, in use, a certain release rate of the additive, the actual release rate depending largely upon the degree of collapse of the fibre.
  • This degree of collapse can be obtained by selecting appropriate temperatures and times when drying the fibre.
  • the fibre can be dried into its porous state and then a post-drying step carried out at a higher temperature to partially collapse the fibre.
  • the invention includes partially collapsed acrylic or modacrylic fibre that has been impregnated with an additive while in a porous state and then the fibre pores partially collapsed, the additive being releasable from the partially collapsed fibre at a rate which is at least partly determined by the degree of collapse of the pores, which rate is initially between the rates of release of equivalent uncollapsed and fully collapsed fibres.
  • equivalent fibre is meant fibre spun from the same polymer composition, using the same spinning conditions and incorporating the same additive as the partially collapsed fibre, the only difference being that the drying step is altered so as to obtain uncollapsed or fully collapsed fibre accordingly.
  • the partially collapsed fibre is obtained by drying the fibre at a temperature at about or slightly above the Tg, for example between 80 and 110°C, for a period of time that is sufficient to remove the organic liquid and to cause partial collapse of the fibre pores without causing complete collapse of the pores.
  • the actual temperature and time depend upon the required degree of collapse of the pores. In general, however, the temperature is approximately 90°C and the drying time is between 5 minutes and 1 hour, preferably between 10 and 30 minutes.
  • Examples of applications where controlled release of an additive is advantageous are in the medical field, for example in wound dressings, the additive being a bac­tericide, a transdermal drug or a soothing cream; and in agriculture, the additive being, for example, a herbicide or a fungicide.
  • Fibre impregnated with the fungicide may be formed into a bandage which is wrapped around a tree or plant to prevent fungal growth.
  • Fibre impregnated with a herbicide may, for example, be formed into a non-woven sheet and used as a cover to protect crops.
  • other examples of end uses for an impregnated fibre according to the invention include repellants, air fresheners, growth accelerators and inhibitors, and filters.
  • the partially collapsed fibre which may be impreg­nated or unimpregnated, can also be used in applications which require an absorbent fibre for example absorbent wipes, the degree of collapse determining the rate of absorption.
  • the following non-exhaustive list gives examples of additives with which the fibre can be impregnated.
  • the impregnated fibre may be fully porous or partially or completely collapsed.
  • Bactericides - eg. chlorhexidine and salts thereof, silver nitrate, polyvinylpyrrolidone-­iodine
  • Herbicides - eg. chloral hydrate
  • Fungicides - eg. biphenyl and esters of p-­hydroxybenzoic acid
  • Transdermal drugs - eg. Hydrocortisone
  • Non-adherents (for wound dressings) - eg. gelatins, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose Soothing creams - eg. lanolin Water purifiers - eg.
  • the amount of additive incorporated in the fibre depends on a variety of factors including the amount of the particular additive the fibre is capable of containing, the solubility of the additive in water or an organic solvent, and the desired amount of additive for a given end-use.
  • the amount of additive can vary but it is generally present in an amount up to 50% wwf, often 5 to 30% wwf.
  • the impregnated or additive-free fibre may be used in loose or ground fibre form, as a tow of continuous filaments, or may be formed into a fabric, for example a woven, non-woven, or knitted fabric.
  • the fabric may be used as a sheet, cloth or bandage for example, or may be formed into shaped articles.
  • Acrylic filaments having a decitex of 3.3 and a Tg above 80°C and containing 92.8% acrylonitrile units, 6.0% methyl acrylate units and 1.2% 2-acrylamidomethylpropiano­sulphonic acid (AMPS) units were spun from aqueous sodium thiocyanate solution. 0.45% by weight based on the weight of the polymer composition of a titanium oxide additive was added to the spinning solution. The filaments were spun into aqueous sodium thiocyanate, the filaments being swollen by the solution. The swollen filaments were stretched in steam and then washed with water at about 50°C for about 20 seconds. The resulting never-dried filaments were formed into a 53.3 kilotex tow and the fibre collected in a container.
  • AMPS 2-acrylamidomethylpropiano­sulphonic acid
  • Porous acrylic fibre was then obtained from this never-dried acrylic fibre using the following method which is described with reference to Figure 1.
  • the trough consists of two portions 3′ and 3 ⁇ , each portion containing a pair of nip rollers 4′ and 4 ⁇ followed by a series of D-shaped baffles 5′ and 5 ⁇ .
  • An organic liquid, isopropyl alcohol (IPA) is fed into the trough at inlet 15 at a liquor to fibre ratio of 4.8:1.
  • the isopropyl alcohol flows down the trough 3′ and 3 ⁇ and any waste together with any water removed from the fibre exits at outlet 16.
  • the fibre 1 On entering the trough portion 3′, the fibre 1 passes through the pair of nip rollers 4′ to squeeze out some of the water contained in the fibre, and then through the series of baffles 5′.
  • the fibre 1 is in contact with the isopropyl alcohol in the trough portion 3′ and as the fibre passes through the series of baffles the water in the fibre begins to exchange with the isopropyl alcohol.
  • the fibre then enters the second portion of the trough 3 ⁇ , is squeezed through the second pair of nip rollers 4 ⁇ and passed through the second series of baffles 5 ⁇ in contact with the isopropyl alcohol so that further exchange of isopropyl alcohol takes place.
  • the fibre After the time the fibre leaves the trough 3 ⁇ substantially all the water in it has been exchanged for isopropyl alcohol. Before passing into the dryer 6 the fibre goes through a series of rollers consisting of two pairs of nip rollers 7′ and 7 ⁇ , between which is positioned a set of smaller rollers 8. If a finish is used, this is applied to the fibre as it passes around this set of rollers 8 and through nip rollers 7 ⁇ .
  • the fibre On entering the dryer 6 the fibre contains on average about 95% wwf isopropyl alcohol.
  • the fibre is exposed to a counter-current of heated air which enters the dryer at inlet 9 and exits at outlet 10.
  • the air is heated to a temperature of 70°C by an air heater and flows through the dryer at a rate of 0.15 m3 per second, passing a series of baffles 17 which interrupt the air flow and improve circulation of the air in the dryer 6.
  • the dryer 6 is 5 m long and the fibre is passed through at a rate of 5 m per minute. Thus the fibre is exposed to the heated air for 1 minute.
  • the dried, porous fibre then passes over a roller 12 where any antistat used is applied to the fibre, then through a final set of rollers 13, and is collected in a container 14.
  • the resulting, dried, porous acrylic fibre had the following properties: Water imbibition 71.5% Dye absorbency 58.1% Internal surface area 71.9 m2g ⁇ 1 Porosity 0.54 cm3g ⁇ 1 Mean pore diameter ⁇ 0.17 ⁇ m
  • the porosity, internal surface area and mean pore diameter were determined on a Micromeritics Pore Sizer 9310 using pressures of 20,000 psi and 200 psi which measured all pores having a diameter between 0.009 and 0.85 ⁇ m.
  • the porosity of the dried, porous fibre is shown graphically in Figure 2 in which the percentage incremental pore volume per gram of fibre is plotted against pore diameter (d) in ⁇ m x 10 ⁇ 3.
  • the maximum incremental volume is 0.3438 cm3/g.
  • Acrylic fibre was produced as described in Example 1 except that the air in the dryer 6 was heated to 90°C and the fibre was exposed to the heated air for 5 minutes, in order to produce a partially collapsed fibre.
  • the degree of porosity of the resulting dried partially collapsed fibre is shown graphically in Figure 3 using the same parameters as in Figure 2.
  • the maximum incremental volume is 0.3248 cm3/g.
  • a dried, porous acrylic fibre was produced as in Example 1 except that the following parameters were used: Tow speed 5.3 m min ⁇ 1 Liquor:fibre ratio 4.8:1 Rate of IPA supply 1.3 litres min ⁇ 1 Drying air temp (on entry into dryer) 67°C Air flow 0.13 m3sec ⁇ 1
  • the resulting fibre had the following properties: Water imbibition 48.5% Dye absorbency 53.3% Internal surface area 55.9 m2g ⁇ 1 Porosity 0.34 cm3g ⁇ 1 Mean pore diameter ⁇ 0.12 ⁇ m
  • a standard, non-porous acrylic fibre was spun using the same spinning solution and spin bath composition and the same spinning conditions as in Example 1 with the exception that the water in the gel-state fibre was not exchanged for IPA and the fibre was dried using an air temperature of 140°C.
  • the resulting fibre had the following properties: Water imbibition 7.0% Dye absorbency 9.0-% Internal surface area 4.36 m2g ⁇ 1 Porosity 0.02 cm3g ⁇ 1 Mean pore diameter ⁇ 0.08 ⁇ m
  • Example 1 100 g of 3.3 decitex dry porous acrylic fibre tow produced by the process described in Example 1 was impregnated with a soil replenishment additive, manganese (II) acetate tetrahydrate, by immersing the fibre for 10 minutes in a 50% w/w aqueous solution of the additive. The fibre was then mangled to an expression of about 200% and dried in an oven at a temperature of 110°C for 30 minutes.
  • a soil replenishment additive manganese (II) acetate tetrahydrate
  • the resulting impregnated, dried fibre was fully collapsed and contained 31% wwf of the manganese (II) acetate tetrahydrate additive, the additive level being determined by the weight difference between the impreg­nated, dried fibre and the initial dry porous fibre.
  • Example 1 100 g of 3.3 decitex dry porous acrylic fibre tow as produced in Example 1 was impregnated with the additive copper (II) chloride by immersing the fibre for 10 minutes in a 5% w/w solution of copper (II) chloride in isopropyl alcohol. Excess solution was removed by mangling to an expression of about 200% and the remaining isopropyl alcohol was removed by evaporation under compressed air at ambient temperature for 20 minutes.
  • copper (II) chloride 100 g of 3.3 decitex dry porous acrylic fibre tow as produced in Example 1 was impregnated with the additive copper (II) chloride by immersing the fibre for 10 minutes in a 5% w/w solution of copper (II) chloride in isopropyl alcohol. Excess solution was removed by mangling to an expression of about 200% and the remaining isopropyl alcohol was removed by evaporation under compressed air at ambient temperature for 20 minutes.
  • the resulting impregnated, dried fibre was porous and contained 13% w/w of the copper (II) chloride additive.
  • PVP-I is a complex of polyvinylpyr­rolidone-iodine containing about 10% by weight of available iodine and is obtainable from Aldrich Chemical Company Ltd.
  • the porous fibre was impregnated by immersing it in 9.56 litres of 100 g/l PVP-I aqueous solution for 5 minutes at ambient temperature.
  • the fibre tow was then run through a mangle into a bath containing 10 litres of isopropyl alcohol. Three further washes in isopropyl alcohol were carried out with intermediate mangling to an expression of approximately 120%.
  • the resulting impregnated, dried porous fibre contained 0.92% wwf PVP as determined by aqueous soxhlet extraction and Kjeldahl nitrogen analysis. Assuming the same available iodine ratio as is present in the free PVP-I complex (9.8% w/w), the iodine content in the fibre was 0.1 wwf.
  • This Example demonstrates the ability to control the release of the additive with which acrylic fibre is impregnated by partially collapsing the porous fibre, the degree of collapse determining the rate of release.
  • a 3.3 decitex dry porous acrylic fibre tow such as produced in Example 1 was impregnated with the transdermal drug hydrocortisone (available from Sigma Chemicals) by immersing the fibre in a solution of hydrocortisone in isopropyl alcohol. The fibre was then mangled to remove excess isopropyl alcohol to an expression of about 200%. Three samples of the fibre were dried in different ways to obtain an uncollapsed (i.e. fully porous), partially collapsed and fully collapsed fibre respectively.
  • the rate of release of the hydrocortisone additive from each of the three samples was tested by subjecting the samples to 5 successive aqueous washes, the additive being released into the water. Each wash used a liquor to fibre ratio of 50:1 and lasted for 5 minutes.
  • the amount released reduces with successive washes but this reduction is not as rapid as that of the uncollapsed fibre with the result that from the third wash onwards more hydrocortisone is being released from the partially collapsed fibre than from either uncollapsed or fully collapsed fibre.
  • a 13 m length of 1.7 decitex never-dried acrylic fibre tow was produced by the process for production of the never-dried tow as described in Example 1.
  • the never-dried fibre was impregnated with a bacteriostatic additive, chlorhexidine acetate, by immersing the tow in 5 litres of an aqueous solution of 60 g/l chlorhexidine acetate for 5 minutes at 60°C.
  • the fibre was then run through a mangle into a bath containing 5 litres of isopropyl alcohol to exchange the water in the fibre for the isopropyl alcohol.
  • Three further washes in isopropyl alcohol were carried out with intermediate mangling. A residence time of about 1 minute was allowed in each bath. Following the final mangling the remaining isopropyl alcohol was removed by evaporation under air flow at ambient temperature for 2 hours.
  • the resulting dried, impregnated fibre was porous and contained at least 0.63% wwf of the chlorhexidine acetate additive.
  • the additive level was determined by immersing a 1 g sample of the fibre in 100 ml water for 15 hours with agitation and then analysing the solution using UV absorbance (chlorhexidine acetate ⁇ max 233 mm, ⁇ 44 1g ⁇ 1cm ⁇ 1), from which the concentration of chlorhexidine acetate extracted from the fibre into the solution was found to be 6.32 x 10 ⁇ 2 g/l.
  • the fibre sample still contained some chlorhexidine acetate after extrac­tion, as indicated by a deep red coloration obtained on treatment with sodium hypochlorite, which shows that the amount of additive present in the impregnated fibre is in excess of 0.63% wwf.
  • Porous acrylic fibre was produced using the method and apparatus as described in Example 1, except that the following parameters were used: Tow speed 3.5 m min ⁇ 1 Liquor:fibre ratio 3.86:1 Rate of IPA supply 0.54 litres min ⁇ 1 Drying air temp (on entry into dryer) 72°C Air flow 0.15 m3sec ⁇ 1
  • the fibre was impregnated in its never-dried state by introducing the additive in the bath 8 in Figure 1 between nip rollers 7′ and 7 ⁇ .
  • the fibre finish was applied simultaneously. Solutions of both the finish and the additive were metered directly into the bath to maintain a constant application level.
  • the 50 litre application bath was made up with a solution of 25 g/l polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine (PVP-I) and 20 g/l of the finish Atlas G-1554 (ICI Speciality Chemi­cals). Concentrate solutions of 43.4 g/l PVP-I and 200 g/l finish were used to sustain the application level during production. All solutions were isopropyl alcohol based. The application of the fibre finish was targeted to give approximately 1.5% wwf.
  • PVP-I polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine
  • Atlas G-1554 ICI Speciality Chemi­cals
  • the fibre On entering the application bath the fibre contained on average 95% wwf isopropyl alcohol. On entering the dryer after nip 7 ⁇ the fibre contained on average 95% wwf of the application bath solution.
  • the average pick-up of PVP-I finish can be es­timated. Around 17 kg of fibre was produced at a rate of 3.5 m min ⁇ 1.
  • PVP-I concentrate was supplied at 68 ml/min ⁇ 1.
  • Finish concentrate was supplied at 28 ml/min ⁇ 1.
  • the average loadings over the whole run can be estimated to be 2.16% wwf PVP-I and 1.45% wwf finish.
  • Sample 12(i) was dried at 80°C, Sample 12(ii) at 95°C and Sample 12 (iii) at 110°C.
  • the rates of release of the dye additive from each of the three fibre samples were tested by subjecting the samples to 10 successive aqueous washes at 50°C, the dye being released into the water. Each wash used a liquor to fibre ratio of 50:1 and lasted for five minutes.

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