title: Synthesis of silicone softener and its characteristics on cotton fabric.
abstract: This study was undertaken to examine the unresolved questions surrounding the influence of silicon softener on cotton fabrics. Results showed that the synthesized silicon softener was comparable with other tested conventional softener, According to present investigations the emulsions E1 and E2 is not economical and it is not evenly qualified and it become two phased after 24 h. But emulsion E3 was even and more economical. Moreover, it has high stability. In addition, measurement of kinetic and static friction show that the general effect of silicon softener on cotton cloth is the decrease of friction. Also, it was concluded that with increasing the add on percentage of softener, the crease of reflection angle did not change bending length and static and kinetic friction index significantly.
authors.affiliation: Eslamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Robati
mesh_terms: D032561:Cotton Fiber; D007700:Kinetics; D012828:Silicones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones