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Wool bleaching with reducers in the presence of sodium laurylsulphate. Part 4 — treatments to remove the surfactant absorbed by wool
Author(s) -
Gacen J,
Cegarra J,
Caro M
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.tb01473.x
Subject(s) - wool , pulmonary surfactant , thiourea , chemistry , sodium , nuclear chemistry , pulp and paper industry , materials science , organic chemistry , composite material , biochemistry , engineering
Treatments applied to remove the sodium laurylsulphate from wool bleached with thiourea dioxide in the presence of this surfactant cause a slight decrease of wool whiteness. However, whiteness remains far better than that of wool bleached without such a surfactant.