Publication detail

An eco-friendly, highly efficient, and transparent coating derived from guar gum and citric acid for flame retardant treatment of cotton fabrics

KALALI, E. ABDELLATIF, A. SHABESTARI, M. GEORGIEVSKI, P. STORY, Z. RADWAN, R. ZHAO, C. WAN, X. ESMAEILI, N. LOTFIAN, S. PETRUŠ, J.

Original Title

An eco-friendly, highly efficient, and transparent coating derived from guar gum and citric acid for flame retardant treatment of cotton fabrics

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

A highly efficient, bio-ecofriendly, and transparent flame retardant (FR) for cotton fabric was developed and deposited onto the cellulose skeletal structure of cotton fabric through a one-pot sol-gel process. The flame retardant functional coating is composed of ammonium polyphosphate (APP), guar gum (GG), citric acid (CA), and a negligible amount of catalyst. Cotton fabrics were impregnated with different concentrations of ammonium polyphosphate and guar gum, with citric acid as a crosslinking agent. The overall crosslinking and grafting process was proven by FTIR and XPS. Based on the results, the designed coating exhibits over 90 % transmittance in the visible region. A 15 g/m2 flame-retardant coating induces excellent flame retardant efficiency at ultra-low flame-retardant concentrations of less than 6.25 wt%. Only a 5.25 wt% flame retardant concentration demonstrated condensed phase action, which resulted in 58.5 % and 73.6 % reductions in the pHRR and THR, respectively. Moreover, the limiting oxygen index (LOI) value showed a 74 % increase. The mechanical performance of FR coated cotton fibers was slightly reduced.

Keywords

Bio-based flame retardant; Sol-gel coating; Transparency

Authors

KALALI, E.; ABDELLATIF, A.; SHABESTARI, M.; GEORGIEVSKI, P.; STORY, Z.; RADWAN, R.; ZHAO, C.; WAN, X.; ESMAEILI, N.; LOTFIAN, S.; PETRUŠ, J.

Released

25. 10. 2023

Publisher

Elsevier

Location

Amsterdam

ISBN

0141-8130

Periodical

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Year of study

252

Number

253

State

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Pages from

127506

Pages to

127517

Pages count

11

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141813023044033

BibTex

@article{BUT185255,
  author="Ehsan {Kalali} and Abdelmohsen Moustafa {Abdellatif} and Marjan Entezar {Shabestari} and Pop- {Georgievski} and Zx {stary} and Rasha {Radwan} and Chengshou {Zhao} and Xiu {Wan} and Nima {Esmaeili} and Saeid {Lotfian} and Josef {Petruš}",
  title="An eco-friendly, highly efficient, and transparent coating derived from guar gum and citric acid for flame retardant treatment of cotton fabrics",
  journal="INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES",
  year="2023",
  volume="252",
  number="253",
  pages="11",
  doi="10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127506",
  issn="0141-8130",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141813023044033"
}