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Bleaching of Wool with Hydrogen Peroxide and a Silicate Stabiliser
Author(s) -
Palin M J,
Teasdale D C,
Benisek L
Publication year - 1983
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.1478-4408.1983.tb03694.x
Subject(s) - hydrogen peroxide , stabiliser , silicate , chemistry , phosphate , alkali metal , peroxide , composite number , solubility , factorial experiment , wool , chemical engineering , materials science , composite material , organic chemistry , mathematics , engineering , statistics , food science
A modified factorial experimental design, a central composite rotatable plan, has been applied to a silicate—hydrogen peroxide system to determine the optimum bleaching conditions. In addition to high whiteness, the optimisation was limited by constraints on time and damage, as measured by alkali solubility. The predicted optimum obtained was verified by experiment and gave at least a 60% saving in time compared with phosphate‐peroxide systems in commercial use.