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Surfaces of raw wool fibers possess high amounts of greasy substances that need to be removed prior to further processing. Acidic lipases using Bacillus licheniformis (MTCC 2618) were produced with the optimum activity levels closer to the room temperature. Scouring of wool fibers using mesophile acidic lipase has been attempted, in the present work, as an alternative to the existing alkaline treatment and the samples were assessed in terms of weight loss, moisture regain, tenacity, elongation, surface appearance, and friction of the fibers. The lipase scoured wool fibers showed moisture regain and weight loss values comparable to that of alkaline treatment, with lower static and dynamic frictional coefficients. Higher tenacity and elongation values were observed in the lipase scoured fibers compared to the alkaline scoured samples and clear appearance of the surface, compared to the raw wool fibers, was also observed in the lipase scoured samples.
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Saravanan, D., Anusuya, C.A., Divya, B.B. et al. Environmentally benign scouring of wool fibers using mesophile acidic lipase. Fibers Polym 15, 1902–1907 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-014-1902-4
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