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摘要
To manage the environmental impacts of chrome tannage, a burgeoning option lies in seeking alternatives that reproduce the high hydrothermal stability and retain the versatility of chromium salts. In this study, a novel chromium-free tanning process based on in-situ condensate melamine-formaldehyde oligomer was reported. Instead of using prepared melamine-formaldehyde syntan, which inevitably contained post-condensates with compromised penetration capability and reactivity, melamine and formaldehyde monomers were first allowed to penetrate evenly into bated hides and then condensation was triggered in-situ. Total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), and isoelectric point (IP) analysis demonstrated these in-situ condensate oligomers covalently reacted with amino or hydroxyl residues, introducing rigid and stable chemical crosslink between collagen chains. Consequently, the hydrothermal stability of the tanned leather was significantly enhanced, evidenced by thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and a shrinking temperature (T-s) approaching 93 degrees C. In addition, scanning electron microscope (SEM) observation indicated that the in-situ tanned leather exhibited smoother grain, more even and much looser fiber structure compared with control, which was tanned by traditional melamine-formaldehyde syntan. According to these results, the in-situ condensation strategy developed in this study could be employed as an efficient chromium-free tannage, which eliminated the adverse effects of post-condensates in traditional melamine-formaldehyde syntan while exhibiting improved tanning efficiency.
- 出版日期2013-11
- 单位四川大学
