RAW MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS Reduction of Triboelectrification of Polymeric Textiles 

The present work investigates the effect of blending polyester (PET) and polyamide (PA) by carbon fibers (CF) in the form of simple weaves and sliding on cotton textile. It was revealed that electrostatic charge (ESC) decreased with increasing CF content. besides, after sliding ESC displayed higher values than that observed after contact-separation.

Comfort of textiles is the major factor in their evaluation as clothes. The measure of the comfort depends on the intensity of electrostatic charge (ESC) generated on the contact surfaces. Polymeric textiles are exposed to the ESC generated from the contact with other surfaces. Several attempts were carried out to reduce ESC by blending polyester (PET) and polyamide (PA) textile fibers and tested by contact and separation as well as sliding under different loads against cotton textiles. [1] It was found that ESC showed the highest negative values at 100 % PET, then decreased with increasing PA content. The positive ESC generated on the surface of the cotton displayed zero value at 80 % PA, then decreased to record negative values. The zero values of ESC were observed at 93 % PA.