TY - JOUR
T1 - Methodological study on the removal of solid oil and fat stains from cotton fabrics using abrasion
AU - Mercadé-Prieto, Ruben
AU - Bakalis, Serafim
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Dr. Thomas Mills with the tribometer, David Hammond with the DSC, and Dr. David Lewis with the fluorimeter. The thermal analysis equipment was obtained through the Science City Advanced Materials project “Creating and Characterising Next Generation Advanced Materials” with support from Advantage West Midlands (AWM) and part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Drs. Michael Bird, Alistair Muir and Carlos Amador are thanked for encouraging discussions.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPRSC), UK (grant number EP/H035540/1).
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - Solid fats are one of the most difficult stains to remove at low temperatures. Mechanical action is beneficial for stain removal, but the potential and limitations of such an essential part of washing are not known. Fabric abrasion has been studied for the first time in a systematic and controlled manner using a tribometer. The efficiency of cotton–cotton abrasion, to simulate the rubbing of clothes, was studied in the absence of detergents using models of liquid and solid oils (hexadecane, octadecane, and undecanoic acid) and real fats (lard and buttermilk fat). In model oils, abrasion is not very effective at any temperature, whereas in typical fats abrasion significantly improves cleaning in a wide range of temperatures. The different behavior is caused by the temperature-dependent solid fat content of lard and butter. Fluorescence microscopy is introduced as a novel methodology for the quantification of the fat content in soiled fabrics.
AB - Solid fats are one of the most difficult stains to remove at low temperatures. Mechanical action is beneficial for stain removal, but the potential and limitations of such an essential part of washing are not known. Fabric abrasion has been studied for the first time in a systematic and controlled manner using a tribometer. The efficiency of cotton–cotton abrasion, to simulate the rubbing of clothes, was studied in the absence of detergents using models of liquid and solid oils (hexadecane, octadecane, and undecanoic acid) and real fats (lard and buttermilk fat). In model oils, abrasion is not very effective at any temperature, whereas in typical fats abrasion significantly improves cleaning in a wide range of temperatures. The different behavior is caused by the temperature-dependent solid fat content of lard and butter. Fluorescence microscopy is introduced as a novel methodology for the quantification of the fat content in soiled fabrics.
KW - Fabrics
KW - cleaning
KW - fats
KW - fluorescence microscopy
KW - fouling
KW - imaging
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84893546475
U2 - 10.1177/0040517513490059
DO - 10.1177/0040517513490059
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84893546475
SN - 0040-5175
VL - 84
SP - 52
EP - 65
JO - Textile Research Journal
JF - Textile Research Journal
IS - 1
ER -