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Chemical Warfare Agent Simulant Decontamination of Chitosan Treated Cotton Fabric

  • Textile Coloration and Finishing
  • Abbr : Text. Color. and Finish.
  • 2020, 32(1), pp.51-56
  • DOI : 10.5764/TCF.2020.32.1.51
  • Publisher : The Korean Society Of Dyers And Finishers
  • Research Area : Engineering > Fiber Engineering > Dyeing Engineering
  • Received : March 3, 2020
  • Accepted : March 24, 2020
  • Published : March 27, 2020

Woong Kwon 1 Minwoo Han 1 Jeong Eui gyung 1

1경북대학교 섬유시스템공학과

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to pursue the multi-functional textile finishing method to detoxify chemical warfare agent by simply treating the well-known antimicrobial agent, chitosan, to cotton fabric. For this purpose, DFP(diisopropylfluorophosphate) was selected as a chemical warfare agent simulant and cotton fabric was treated with 0.5, 1.0, and 2wt% chitosan solution in 1wt% acetic acid. DFP decontamination properties of the chitosan treated cotton fabrics were evaluated and compared with the untreated cotton fabric. The chitosan treated cotton fabrics showed better DFP decontamination than the untreated cotton. Decontamination properties of the chitosan treated cotton fabrics improved with the increased chitosan solution used. Especially, the cotton fabrics treated with 2wt% chitosan solution showed 5 times more DFP decontamination than the untreated cotton fabrics. This suggested that the chitosan treated fabric has potential to be used as a material for protective clothing with chemical warfare agent detoxifying and antimicrobial properties.

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