Application of photochromic pigment in mass dyed polypropylene fibres intended for intelligent textiles
Abstract
At the present time, characterised by worsening environmental conditions, the protection of human organism against irreversible damage is necessary. Protective clothing on base of smart textiles represents the future in human clothing. In this article, the effect of photochromic pigments on spinnability, drawability and properties of pigmented polypropylene (PP) fibres is presented.
Mechanical properties (tenacity and elongation at break, Young’s modulus), thermo-mechanical properties and the factor of average orientation of fibres were evaluated and discussed. The obtained results indicate a possibility of fibres preparation with photochromic pigments.
© 2019 Veronika Hrabovská, Marcela Hricová, Anna Ujhelyiová, published by Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
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