Journal Textile Coloration and Finishing Year / Vol., Issue, Month 2014 / V.26,no.3,Sept Title Characteristics of Kapok Fibers According to Various Pretreatment Conditions Authors Seok Il Hong, Hee Dong Lee, Jae Yun Shim, Won Jin Seo1 and Beom Soo Lee† Institution/Affiliations Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, 2Hyundai Motor Company Pages/Total page pp.230 ~ 236 / Language Korean Abstract The kapok fibers which are the functional fiber materials having natural hollows are environment friendly materials the demand and interest of which are increasing. The kapok fibers are environment friendly and natural hollow fibers which are 5-8 times lighter than cottons and have excellent performances in thermo keeping property, air permeability, bulkiness and resilience. In this study, the pretreatment according to the dyeing behaviors of kapok fibers were studied. Pretreatment(scouring, bleaching) were a variety of conditions. Scouring and bleaching, images of changed surfaces and cross-sections and dyeing behaviors of the dye-o-meter according to the concentration measured in meters and compared. Although the final exhaustion ratio of the kapok fibers scoured with a high concentration recipe was almost as same as that of the kapok fibers bleached with a high concentration recipe, the initial absorption speed of the kapok fibers scoured with the high concentration recipe was faster than that of the kapok fibers bleached with the high concentration recipe. Keywords pretreatment, kapok fiber, SEM, reactive dye, dye-o-meter Download   Reference http://www.koreascience.or.kr/article/ArticleFullRecord.jsp?cn=OSGGBT_2014_v26n3_230