Effect of Sustainable Cotton Fibers on Denim Fabric Selected Properties

MEZARCIÖZ S., Toksoz M., Sarker M. E.

JOURNAL OF NATURAL FIBERS, cilt.19, sa.15, ss.10345-10355, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 15
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/15440478.2021.1993502
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF NATURAL FIBERS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, Environment Index, INSPEC, Metadex, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.10345-10355
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Conventional cotton, better cotton, organic cotton, recycled cotton, denim fabric, sustainable fiber
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Natural resources are getting scarcer by the day as the world's population grows. As a result, it is high time to repurpose textiles in order to save the environment and reduce waste. The textile industry is one of the most waste-generating industries, resulting in increased pollution. The goal of this study is to evaluate the performance of recycled cotton (R-CO) with conventional cotton (C-CO), organic cotton (O-CO), and better cotton (B-CO) in the denim fabric performance. Denim fabrics were produced using 7.2 Ne slub cotton warp yarn and 8.9 Ne C-CO, O-CO, B-CO, R-CO carded weft yarns. The results revealed that cotton fiber types only had a major impact on tearing and breaking strengths. Among those, recycled cotton had higher skewing movement and lower breaking and tearing strength according to a significance level of alpha = 0.05. The measured colors were compared to the C-CO fabric as a reference, and the overall color characteristics were found to be closer to the reference fabric, with the exception of the O-CO fabric.