S. M. M. HOSSAIN1*, M. N. ISLAM2, M. KAMRUJJAMAN3 and M. SHAHADAT HOSSAIN4
1=S. M. Mahruf Hossain, Scientific Officer, 2Dr. Md. Nurul Islam, Principal Scientific Officer, Industrial Chemistry Department, Chemistry Division, 3M. Kamrujjaman, Senior Scientific Officer, Soil Science Department, Agronomy Division and 4M. Shahadat Hossain, Crop Management Department, Agronomy Division, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh. *Corresponding author’s Email: mahrufcu@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
The study was conducted at Chemistry Laboratory, Chemistry Division, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2013 to find out suitable processing techniques for blending etherified jute with different natural fibers. Jute is the second most important natural fiber in the world. It is extensively used for the manufacture of flexible packaging fabrics besides its prospective use as carpet backing, decorative fabrics and in some other fields of textiles. Several researchers have tried blending of jute with different fibers in order to achieve the best utilization of the positive attributes of jute. Etherified jute blended with others natural and synthetic fibers created a new arena for the production of commercial fashionable products for tremendous use of jute in textile sectors. In this regards, Etherified jute was blended with others natural and synthetic fibers. The bending length and flexural rigidity of etherified jute fiber blended with cotton were 1.8 cm and 8.7 mN/ mm2 respectively, which were only 0.2 and 4.2 points higher than 100% cotton fabrics and were in proximity to the values for etherified jute-polyester (50:50) and etherified jute-rayon (50:50) fabrics. The strength properties of the blended fabric were in the range of 20.3 to 21.8 kgf (kilogram-foot) which were evidently very near to 22.5 kgf of cotton fabrics. The drape co-efficient are almost the same the cotton fabrics. In the this study, the works carried out by the different researches to obtain the suitable processing techniques for blending etherified jute with different natural and synthetic fibers.
Keywords: Blending, Etherification, Jute and Natural fibers Fabric.