EFFECT OF SHADE PERCENTAGE ON VARIOUS PROPERTIES OF COTTON KNITTED FABRIC DYED WITH REACTIVE DYES

Mahbubur Rahman, A.K.M. Ayatullah Hosne Asif, Md. Abu Bakar Siddiquee, Md. Rokonuzzaman

Abstract: Shade percentage is an important factor which has various impacts on cotton knitted fabric. The technical factors GSM, CPI (Course per Inch), WPI (Wales per inch), shrinkage percentage, color fastness of cotton knitted fabric are influenced by various shade percentage. The main objective of this paper was to find out that various technical factors. The cotton knitted bleached fabric (plain single jersey, single lacoste, three thread fleece & rib) which were dyed by reactive dye using auxiliaries, then measured various GSM, CPI, WPI & their fastness properties of above fabric. It was observed that after increasing the shade percentage on cotton knitted fabric, GSM, CPI, WPI and shrinkage were increased, both lengthwise and widthwise shrinkage of all fabrics were occurred. It was also observed that, with the increase of shade amount decrease the color fastness of cotton knitted fabric.

Keywords: Shade, Knitted fabric, Cotton, Reactive dye, GSM (Gram per Square meter).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0302061