The activated carbon as anti-odour coated and pigment printed fabric / Tuan Sharifah Mas Eza Syed Mamat

In principle, textiles with anti-odour finishes are able to improve fabric quality by eliminating unpleasant odour making the wearers become more comfortable and confident with themselves. The present odour absorbers such as silver are very expensive. Therefore, the use of an alternative odour absor...

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Main Author: Syed Mamat, Tuan Sharif Ah Mas Eza
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spelling my-uitm-ir.155822022-03-09T04:43:24Z The activated carbon as anti-odour coated and pigment printed fabric / Tuan Sharifah Mas Eza Syed Mamat 2015 Syed Mamat, Tuan Sharif Ah Mas Eza Textile industries Product engineering In principle, textiles with anti-odour finishes are able to improve fabric quality by eliminating unpleasant odour making the wearers become more comfortable and confident with themselves. The present odour absorbers such as silver are very expensive. Therefore, the use of an alternative odour absorber like activated carbon is more affordable. In this study, activated carbon produced from coconut (CSAC) and oil palm shells (OPSAC) were applied in different percentages (5%, 10% and 15%) on polyester and cotton fabrics through coating and pigment printing techniques. The pigment printing was combine design and odour absorber on same piece of fabric. The coating technique was used as comparison for the effectiveness of odour absorber. These techniques are economic because using cheaper odour absorber i.e. activated carbon compared with commercial odour absorber i.e. Silver. Two types of odour measurements were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the anti-odour activated carbon which was through the Human Olfactory Tests and Machine Olfactory Tests using a device called Portable Electronic Nose 3 (PEN 3). Prior to the tests, the treated and control fabric samples were exposed to onion odour as substitution to body odour. The results showed that fabrics containing activated carbon were able to reduce odour that was picked up by the fabrics. The coated activated carbon fabrics gave better result than the printed activated carbon fabrics. The higher the concentration of activated carbons on the fabrics, the lower it generates odour intensity and odour annoyance, which also lower the odour of onion on the fabrics. 2015 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15582/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/15582/1/TM_TUAN%20SHARIFAH%20MAS%20EZA%20SYED%20MAMAT%20AS%2015_5.PDF text en public mphil masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Applied Sciences
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Syed Mamat, Tuan Sharif Ah Mas Eza
The activated carbon as anti-odour coated and pigment printed fabric / Tuan Sharifah Mas Eza Syed Mamat
description In principle, textiles with anti-odour finishes are able to improve fabric quality by eliminating unpleasant odour making the wearers become more comfortable and confident with themselves. The present odour absorbers such as silver are very expensive. Therefore, the use of an alternative odour absorber like activated carbon is more affordable. In this study, activated carbon produced from coconut (CSAC) and oil palm shells (OPSAC) were applied in different percentages (5%, 10% and 15%) on polyester and cotton fabrics through coating and pigment printing techniques. The pigment printing was combine design and odour absorber on same piece of fabric. The coating technique was used as comparison for the effectiveness of odour absorber. These techniques are economic because using cheaper odour absorber i.e. activated carbon compared with commercial odour absorber i.e. Silver. Two types of odour measurements were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the anti-odour activated carbon which was through the Human Olfactory Tests and Machine Olfactory Tests using a device called Portable Electronic Nose 3 (PEN 3). Prior to the tests, the treated and control fabric samples were exposed to onion odour as substitution to body odour. The results showed that fabrics containing activated carbon were able to reduce odour that was picked up by the fabrics. The coated activated carbon fabrics gave better result than the printed activated carbon fabrics. The higher the concentration of activated carbons on the fabrics, the lower it generates odour intensity and odour annoyance, which also lower the odour of onion on the fabrics.
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qualification_name Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level Master's degree
author Syed Mamat, Tuan Sharif Ah Mas Eza
author_facet Syed Mamat, Tuan Sharif Ah Mas Eza
author_sort Syed Mamat, Tuan Sharif Ah Mas Eza
title The activated carbon as anti-odour coated and pigment printed fabric / Tuan Sharifah Mas Eza Syed Mamat
title_short The activated carbon as anti-odour coated and pigment printed fabric / Tuan Sharifah Mas Eza Syed Mamat
title_full The activated carbon as anti-odour coated and pigment printed fabric / Tuan Sharifah Mas Eza Syed Mamat
title_fullStr The activated carbon as anti-odour coated and pigment printed fabric / Tuan Sharifah Mas Eza Syed Mamat
title_full_unstemmed The activated carbon as anti-odour coated and pigment printed fabric / Tuan Sharifah Mas Eza Syed Mamat
title_sort activated carbon as anti-odour coated and pigment printed fabric / tuan sharifah mas eza syed mamat
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
granting_department Faculty of Applied Sciences
publishDate 2015
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