DEODORANT FIBER AND DEODORANT FABRIC

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a deodorant fiber that is excellent in persistence of deodorant effect and has a function of deodorizing not only sulfur-based malodorous substances such as hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan and the like but also malodorous substances such as low fatty acids, human body odor components and the like, and to provide a woven fabric and a nonwoven fabric formed by using the same.SOLUTION: The deodorant fiber has a glassy deodorizer 2 composed of alkali-alkaline earth-borosilicate glass containing a copper component or alkali-alkaline earth silicate glass containing a copper component held in the inside or on the surface of a fiber material 1, and contains a copper component having a function of decomposing malodorous components by a catalytic action of the copper component contained in the glass. The deodorant fabric, which is a woven or nonwoven fabric, can be formed by using the deodorant fiber. The glassy deodorizer 2 can be held in a fabric composed of an ordinary fiber. Furthermore, the glassy deodorizer 2 may be fiberized.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1