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Effect of Plasma Pretreatment Followed by Nanoclay Loading on Flame Retardant Properties of Cotton Fabric

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In this research work the effect of plasma treatment with nitrogen gas followed by nanoclay treatment on flame retardancy of cotton fabrics is studied. The flame retardancy of the samples was characterized by limiting oxygen index and the char yield. The thermal decomposition behaviors, the chemical structures and morphologies of the fabrics were investigated using thermo gravimetric analysis, Fourier transform infrared and scanning electron microscopy, respectively, and a possible flame retardant mechanism is discussed. It shows that, nitrogen plasma pretreatment has synergistic effect on nanoclay for improving the flame retardant properties of cotton samples.

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  1. Textile Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran

    Sheila Shahidi

  2. Plasma Physics Research Center, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Mahmood Ghoranneviss

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Shahidi, S., Ghoranneviss, M. Effect of Plasma Pretreatment Followed by Nanoclay Loading on Flame Retardant Properties of Cotton Fabric. J Fusion Energ 33, 88–95 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-013-9645-6

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