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Colour of flax fibres in regard to different pretreatment and dyeing processes
Author(s) -
Fakin Darinka,
Ojstršek Alenka
Publication year - 2008
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.1478-4408.2008.00144.x
Subject(s) - dyeing , diffusion , degradation (telecommunications) , chemistry , ultrasonic sensor , molecule , kinetics , diffusion process , chemical engineering , materials science , analytical chemistry (journal) , chromatography , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , innovation diffusion , computer science , telecommunications , knowledge management , physics , quantum mechanics , acoustics , engineering
The main objective of this work was to compare the colour of different pretreated (alkaline, acidic and enzymatic) and dyed (conventional and ultrasonic‐assisted) flax fibres, to establish the impact of various parameters on dyeing kinetics. Flax fibres were dyed using two direct dyes of different chemical structures and molecular mass. Diffusion profiles were established by the application of Fick’s Law and dyeing behaviour was studied by means of online spectrophotometry. Finally, the dyed samples were colorimetrically evaluated and colour differences and colour strengths were subsequently calculated. The results provided evidence that a dye molecule’s size has a greater influence on the exhaustion degree, migration and diffusion than individual pretreatment processes. The determined diffusion coefficients indicated superior dye mobility and faster diffusion into the fibres when ultrasonic power was used in comparison with conventional process. Nevertheless, the colour depth obtained was found to be low after ultrasonic dyeing using a larger dye molecule, implying part degradation of CI Direct Red 80 (and total degradation of small‐size dyestuff, CI Direct Red 81).