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Oxidized Hemp Fibers with Simultaneously Increased Capillarity and Reduced Moisture Sorption as Suitable Textile Material for Advanced Application in Sportswear

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Applications of hemp fibers, as a promising natural material in the textile field, mostly require improved fiber properties. In this paper, the oxidation of hemp fibers with potassium permanganate was applied to reduce the amount of non-cellulosic substances and moisture sorption; to introduce functional groups and increase capillarity; make fibers finer, softer and suitable for application in sport wears. The changes in sorption properties were characterized by capillary rise measurement and the ability of water retention and moisture sorption, while changes in mechanical properties were estimated by determination of tenacity and elongation of modified hemp fibers in comparison to the appropriate characteristic of unmodified fibers. ATR-FTIR, SEM techniques, and zeta potential measurement were used for the characterization of fiber structure, morphological and electrokinetic properties. We obtained a finer fiber with increased capillarity (up to 3.68 times) but reduced moisture sorption (down to 1.5 times) and water retention capacity (down to 2.8 times), with accomplished satisfactory preservation of mechanical properties. Obtained oxidized hemp fibers with attained features present a very suitable material for sportswear production. Additionally, in this paper, an improvement of the capillary rise measurement is given.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (Contract No. 451-03-68/2020-14/200135). The authors also thank ITES Odzaci (Serbia) for supplying the hemp fibers, and Ph.D. student A. Ivanovska for taking part in measuring of the WRV and MS.

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  1. Innovation Center of Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Jovana Z. Milanovic & Matea Korica

  2. Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Department of Ecology and Technoeconomics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Milena Milosevic

  3. Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Department of Inorganic Chemical Technology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Ivona Jankovic-Castvan

  4. Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Department of Textile Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Mirjana M. Kostic

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Milanovic, J.Z., Milosevic, M., Korica, M. et al. Oxidized Hemp Fibers with Simultaneously Increased Capillarity and Reduced Moisture Sorption as Suitable Textile Material for Advanced Application in Sportswear. Fibers Polym 22, 2052–2062 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-021-0450-y

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