Preparation of Hydophobic Cotton Fabrics with Sodium Silicate and Stearic Acid

• Main Author: Made Arya Utamaningrat, I
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Teknik (Rekayasa, enjinering dan kegiatan berkaitan)
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/40816
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Hydophobic surface is a non-wetting surface, defined by a contact angle between 90o-150o. This kind of surface has been produced on various substrate such as metal and textile surfaces. Many of these hydrophobic surfaces are achieved by using a low-surface energy compound such as Hexadecyltrimet...