摘要 |
Lyocell fibre of latently reduced fibrillation tendency consists essentially of cellulose having bonded thereto a colourless chemical reagent having a plurality of functional groups reactive with the cellulose, some of the functional groups having reacted with the cellulose and some of the functional groups being unreacted with the cellulose and being available for further reaction in subsequent processing. Such fibre can be produced by a process including the steps of applying the chemical reagent to lyocell fibre, inducing partial reaction between the reagent and the cellulose, and drying the fibre. The resulting fibre can then be formed into spun yarn and/or fabric before further reaction is induced between the reagent and the cellulose such that the fibre bears on average less than 0.1 residual functional group per reagent molecule reactive with cellulose. |