Sound absorption, thermal, and flame retardant properties of nonwoven wall cloth with waste fibers

Abstract

In order to solve the recycling problem of waste fibers, the nonwoven wall cloth was prepared with waste wool fibers and low-melting-point polyamide fibers as raw materials by combing into a net and hot-pressing method. The effect of fiber length, hot pressing temperature, mass fraction of the waste wool fibers, volume density, thickness of materials, and thickness of the rear air layer on the sound absorption properties were studied by single factor experiments. Under the optimized technological conditions, the sound absorption coefficient was above 0.91 and the noise reduction coefficient was 0.56. Then, the sound absorption mechanism was analyzed. In order to meet the fire resistance requirements of materials in the construction industry, by the orthogonal experiments, range analysis, and variance analysis, the optimal process conditions were as follows: potassium fluotitanate concentration of 8%, treatment time of 40 min, and treatment temperature of 80°C. The limit oxygen index of the nonwoven wall cloth was 32.5%. The nonwoven wall cloth had good sound absorption and flame retardant properties.