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Characterization of Airborne Particles Inmechanical Textile Yarns Processing
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This study characterized airborne nano and microplastic particles generated during mechanical processing of textile yarns in manufacturing environments. Researchers measured particle concentrations and size distributions to assess occupational exposure and environmental release from textile production.
Nano and micro plastics (NP/MPs) represent one of the most challenging classes of micropollutants, with occurrence across all ecosystems and size distributions ranging from the nanometre to the millimetre scale. Natural environments are receiving MPs in the form of anthropogenic direct release as well as disintegrated and loose products of larger plastics via biological activities, mechanical abrasion, and UV radiation. During the processing steps, the textile yarns are subjected to friction either by different driving organs or between themselves at the binding points. The magnitude of the friction forces is influenced by the nature of the yarns, the structure of the yarn, the type, and the raw material from which the driving organs of the machines are made. The paper presents the shape and dimensions of the particle that is released in the air during the abrasion resistance test of three types of polyester yarns: spun yarn, multifilament yarn, and monofilament yarn. The structure composition of the particles consists of more microfibrils (34%.) in the case of spun yarn and the finest microparticles were obtain from monofilament yarn (0,004μm).
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