Electron Microscopical Comparison of Cotton Fabrics Resin Treated by the Pad-Dry-Cure and Pad-Flame Dry-Cure Techniques

Received 8 September 1979; accepted 4 March 1980 .. Cotton fabrics chemically modified by the pad-dry-cure and pad-flame dry-cure processes were examined in the electron microscope. Extensive layer expansion obtained by the polymerization of methacrylate within the fibre and the greater dissolution in 0.5 M cuene exhibited by the pad-flame dry-cure samples in comparison with the pad-dry-cure samples at comparable bound resin levels have been attributed to the retention of the swoilj:risfrUcfiireaTtlilnime-of-er~~~ result of rapid drying.