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In this study, we report on a sustainable, pure okra woven fabric made of 100% okra fiber and its physical, mechanical and dyeing behaviors. To ensure the feasibility of industrial applications, the fabric attributes have been compared with a similar construction of jute fabric which has worldwide commercial applications. Experimental results revealed that the tensile strength of okra and jute woven fabric was respectively 815.2 N and 918.893 N in the warp direction and 621.047 N and 658.2 N in the weft direction. Nevertheless, okra woven fabric outperformed jute fabric in elongation, with 16.34 and 8.449% in the warp direction and 11.856 and 7.342% in the weft direction, respectively. Okra fabric demonstrated greater tear strength, high stiffness and more abrasion resistant than jute one, while jute fabric presented more shrinkage than okra. The one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) data of the mechanical properties of the woven fabrics displayed a significant variance in the tear strength, flexural rigidity, and shrinkage. Both fabrics have undergone alkali and enzyme treatments before dyeing. Compared to an alkali-treated fabric, the dyed one with enzyme treatment had stronger color retention properties. Both the colored fabrics exhibited improved color fastness properties, receiving Grade 3 in dry and wet conditions. Identical Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra was found for similar treated colored fabrics of okra and jute. With this comparison, it can be stated that appropriate usage of available natural resources and environmental agro-wastes become vital materials for establishing sustainability and productivity in commerce.
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This work was partly supported by the grant (51973027) from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (22D210102), and the International Cooperation Fund of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (21130750100). This work has also been supported by the Chang Jiang Scholars Program and the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (2019-01-07-00-03-E00023) to Prof. Xiaohong Qin, and the DHU Distinguished Young Professor Program to Prof. Xueping Zhang.
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Masudur Rahman, A.N.M., Zhang, X., Qin, X. et al. Fabrication of novel cellulosic okra woven fabric and evaluation of its mechanical and coloration properties: an agricultural waste turning into valuable material. Cellulose 30, 8001–8022 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-023-05364-9
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