Factors influencing the stability of man-made fibers: A retrospective view for historical textiles

Quye, Anita

doi:10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2014.03.002

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“…The polyester PCA plots from all trials further validated that there was no difference in the spectral data for the polyester samples, and degradation was not observed. This corresponds to what is known from literature, as polyester and similar man-made textiles have been reported to degrade very slowly under natural conditions [3,6,19].…”

Section: Accepted Manuscriptsupporting

confidence: 88%

Degradation patterns of natural and synthetic textiles on a soil surface during summer and winter seasons studied using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy

Ueland

Howes

Forbes

et al. 2017

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectros

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Textiles are a valuable source of forensic evidence and the nature and condition of textiles collected from a crime scene can assist investigators in determining the nature of the death and aid in the identification of the victim. Until now, much of the knowledge of textile degradation in forensic contexts has been based on the visual inspection of material collected from soil environments. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the potential of a more quantitative approach to the understanding of forensic textile degradation through the application of infrared spectroscopy. Degradation patterns of natural and synthetic textile materials as they were subjected to a natural outdoor environment in Australia were investigated. Cotton, polyester and polyester - cotton blend textiles were placed on a soil surface during the summer and winter seasons and were analysed over periods 1 and 1.5years, respectively, and examined using attenuated total reflectance (ATR) spectroscopy. Statistical analysis of the spectral data obtained for the cotton material correlated with visual degradation and a difference in the onset of degradation between the summer and winter season was revealed. The synthetic material did not show any signs of degradation either visually or statistically throughout the experimental period and highlighted the importance of material type in terms of preservation. The cotton section from the polyester - cotton blend samples was found to behave in a similar manner to that of the 100% cotton samples, however principal component analysis (PCA) demonstrated that the degradation patterns were less distinct in both the summer and winter trial for the blend samples. These findings indicated that the presence of the synthetic material may have inhibited the degradation of the natural material. The use of statistics to analyse the spectral data obtained for textiles of forensic interest provides a better foundation for the interpretation of the data obtained using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, and has provided insight into textile degradation processes relevant to a soil environment.

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Section: Accepted Manuscriptsupporting

confidence: 88%

Degradation patterns of natural and synthetic textiles on a soil surface during summer and winter seasons studied using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy

Ueland

Howes

Forbes

et al. 2017

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectros

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“…Also, the low elastic recovery rate and low bending resistance of fine metallic fibers may even result in breaking and falling off from the fabric. For metallic coated fibers or yarns, the coating on the surface may undergo a damage during the washing process [ 241 ].…”

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Advanced materials for personal thermal and moisture management of health care workers wearing PPE

Lou

Chen

Fan

2021

Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports

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“…Increasing digitization allows on-line access to publications from the late 19th century and early to mid-20th century, such as Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, where much was published about the early plastics industry and now becomes invaluable for documenting its growth and changes. Access to these publications has significantly aided and enhanced research to connect artifacts and modern production for conservation science, revealing an abundance of information from other chemical industries, such as the related synthetic fibers (Quye, 2014) and synthetic dyes (Quye, 2016). Likewise, it is essential to preserve the physical evidence of the products and documentation of production, and for conservation understanding to grow about materials for informed "interventive conservation" 1 (Shashoua, 2016), and for collection management of artifacts and archives (Brokerhof & Bülow, 2016).…”

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Quality Matters for Historical Plastics: The Past-Making of Cellulose Nitrates for Future Preservation

Quye¹

2017

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The material degradation of an historical artifact through chemical breakdown may place the object at the end of its useful heritage "life" in terms of aesthetic value and appearance. But all is not lost in the ephemeral world of historical synthetic plastics. The chemical analyses of degraded cellulose nitrate artifacts have unlocked material clues that not only help explain stability variations to guide collection care and preservation, but also bring insight into past manufacturing materials, methods and quality control during production. Translating the industrial materials of a degrading artifact by understanding its past to inform its future can revive it with a new cultural significance, and engages heritage scientists, historians and conservators in an innovative community of "complementary science" as defined by Hasok Chang (2004).

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Factors influencing the stability of man-made fibers: A retrospective view for historical textiles

Cited by 23 publications

References 46 publications

Degradation patterns of natural and synthetic textiles on a soil surface during summer and winter seasons studied using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy

Degradation patterns of natural and synthetic textiles on a soil surface during summer and winter seasons studied using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy

Advanced materials for personal thermal and moisture management of health care workers wearing PPE

Quality Matters for Historical Plastics: The Past-Making of Cellulose Nitrates for Future Preservation

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