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Application of ATR-FT-IR Single-Fiber Analysis for the Identification of a Foreign Polymer in Textile Matrix

2011; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 16; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/1023666x.2011.570066

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Barbora Široká, J. Široký, Thomas Bechtold,

Color Science and Applications

Abstract Identification of foreign fibers in yarn or fabric is of great interest to textile manufacturers. The goal of this work is to demonstrate the feasibility of single-fiber ATR-FT-IR spectroscopy to achieve prompt identification of foreign polymer brought into fibers during spinning. Testing of several fibers with different fineness proved the method's suitability for fast identification of foreign polymer. Owing to the nondestructive character of the method, the identification of foreign polymer was confirmed by other methods applied to the same samples, namely, melting temperature measurement and optical microscopy. The additional method for detection of foreign fiber by using image analysis was also applied. Keywords: ATR-FT-IRForeign matterSingle fiber Acknowledgments The authors are grateful to Versuchsanstalt-Textil Dornbirn for the use of their facilities and to the Amt der Vorarlberger Landesregierung, Europäischer Fonds für Regionale Entwicklung (EFRE), and COMET K-project "Sports Textiles" project number 820494 funded by Die Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG), for their provision of the financial support Notes a 95% confidence intervals.