Characterization of Rabbit Hair Powder
Although natural protein fibers are traditionally used in apparel items, rabbit hair textiles can not be made into high-grade products for defect such as shedding, shrinkage and pilling. Recently, there has been interest in converting protein fibers into powder to develop their new uses. This provides great opportunities for rabbit hair. In this study, rabbit hair powders have been produced and the characterization was analyzed at multi-level. Surface morphology of rabbit hair powders was observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the majority of rabbit hair powders appear to be small fibrous particles. The FTIR spectrum of rabbit hair and rabbit hair powders was detected. Although no new chemical bonds were produced in the rabbit hair powders, the result showed that some absorbing peaks of rabbit hair powder become stronger than that of rabbit hair. Absorption of rabbit hair powders was also investigated. The result showed that rabbit hair powder had higher moisture retention rate than that of rabbit hair, wool fiber and cotton fiber. Moreover, rabbit hair powder showed remarkable sorption ability for metal ions. The characterization of rabbit hair powder will provide useful basal data for the further application of rabbit hair in novel areas.
rabbit hair powder characterization
LI Huiqin GONG Jixian ZHANG Yi
School of Textiles, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300160, P.R.China
国际会议
The 12th International Wool Research Conference(第十二届国际羊毛会议12th IWRC)
上海
英文
844-846
2010-10-19（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）