The effects of ozone treatment on polylactic acid (PLA) fibres

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1091-1099

  Eren, Huseyin Aksel ^a   Avinc, Ozan ^b   Uysal, Pinar ^a   Wilding, Mike ^c  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bleaching; flexural rigidity; hydrogen peroxide; ozone; poly(lactic acid) (PLA); strength; whiteness

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; FIBERS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTIC ACID; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXIDATION; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; PEROXIDES; RIGIDITY; WETTING;

FLEXURAL RIGIDITIES; INTERNAL MICROSTRUCTURE; PEROXIDE TREATMENT; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACIDS; STRENGTH; WATER ABSORBENCY; WHITENESS;

OZONE;

EID: 79959705404     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517510397576     Document Type: Article

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