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The preparation of cotton knitgoods
Author(s) -
McCaffrey S.,
Santokhi G.K.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
coloration technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1478-4408
pISSN - 1472-3581
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-4408.1999.tb00355.x
Subject(s) - peroxide , pulp and paper industry , caustic (mathematics) , penetration (warfare) , materials science , chemistry , chemical engineering , mathematics , organic chemistry , engineering , operations research , mathematical physics
An acidic preparation procedure for cotton was assessed by comparing the performance of fabrics prepared by this method to identical fabrics prepared by caustic scouring and peroxide bleaching. The fabrics were assessed in terms of levelness of dyes, penetration of dyes and the physical properties of the fabric. The performance of all three fabrics were similar. However, the acidic preparation process is shown to be more acceptable from both an economic and an environmental perspective.