31—THE WRINKLING BEHAVIOUR OF WOOL FABRICS: THE EFFECT OF ANNEALING PARAMETERS
- 1 July 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of the Textile Institute
- Vol. 64 (7) , 405-411
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00405007308630263
Abstract
An investigation is described in which conditions suitable for the rapid ‘ageing’ or ‘annealing’ of wool fabrics were assessed by measurement of the resultant wrinkle-recovery properties. Maximum annealing is shown to be obtained when the fabric is heated at 15% regain (the time taken depending on the temperature of heating) and then slowly cooled. The annealing mechanism is believed to involve molecular rearrangements via labile hydrogen bonds to give a lower energy network. Wetting out of the sample changes this arrangement and results in a lower recovery on subsequent wrinkling.Keywords
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