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Published on: June 10, 2017
Discrimination of cellulose fabrics using infrared spectroscopy and newly developed discriminant analysis
Kengo Saito1, Toru Yamagata1, Manami Kanno2
1Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8, Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan.
Abstract:
Identifying cellulose fibers in fabric products is necessary for quality control and appropriate distribution but can be difficult because of their similarities. A novel technique to identify cellulose fabrics has been developed that uses infrared spectroscopy with the attenuated total reflection (ATR) method, evaluated with an improved Fisher's discriminant analysis including regularization coefficients and orthogonal decompositions. Sequential discrimination of six different types of cellulose fibers -cotton, ramie, and linen, which are natural fibers, and rayon, cupra, and lyocell, which are regenerated fibers- was achieved using the new technique.
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