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Mechanistic investigations on the action of levelling agents in reactive wool dyeing
Author(s) -
Hannemann Klaus
Publication year - 1992
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.1478-4408.1992.tb01440.x
Subject(s) - dyeing , levelling , wool , mechanism (biology) , chemistry , pulp and paper industry , materials science , composite material , engineering , physics , geology , geodesy , quantum mechanics
Although levelling agents for reactive dyes have been on the market for more than twenty years, there still remains some uncertainty as to their mode of action. Therefore an investigation has been carried out, using Albegal B as a typical levelling agent and reactive dyes from the Lanasol range. There are three mechanisms proposed to describe how auxiliaries such as Albegal B can act to overcome tip/root unlevelness when dyeing wool fibres: a dye complex mechanism, a surface mechanism and a fibre mechanism. These are discussed in the light of the experimental results.