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The Effect of Urea on Wool Fibres
Author(s) -
BRADY P. REX
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of the society of dyers and colourists
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1478-4408
pISSN - 0037-9859
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-4408.1976.tb03275.x
Subject(s) - wool , urea , dyeing , swelling , chemistry , polymer chemistry , pulp and paper industry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , materials science , composite material , engineering
The role of urea in the cold dyeing of wool fabrics by commercially feasible methods which use dye liquors containing high concentrations of urea was examined. Urea was found to penetrate wool fibres readily and promote swelling particularly in the presence of sodium bisulphite.