DEVELOPMENT OF BIO-DEGRADABLE BABY DIAPERS

G.Sasikumar, M.Senthil2, K.Visagavel, H. Abdul Zubar, T.Dheenathayalan

Abstract: A diaper or nappy is an absorbent garment worn by babies until they are potty trained. The disposable baby diapers are multilayer structures consisting of layers of different materials. The disposable diapers are comprised of a polypropylene top cover stock, an absorbent layer, a polyethylene back sheet and elastic bands. The top polypropylene sheet is a Hydrophilic non-woven sheet which permits the urine to pass through it and reaches the absorbent core. The middle portion is a super absorbent polymer which helps to hold the urine away from the skin and faecal enzymes. The diapers back/bottom-most sheet is hydrophobic nonwoven films made up of polypropylene fibers. In our project an attempt was made to produce a bio degradable baby diaper by eliminating the polypropylene non-woven with specially finished bio degradable viscose non-woven so that the pollution will be reduced and expecting the product will fulfil the functional properties of the diaper.

Keywords: BIO-DEGRADABLE

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0323041