Research in the cold pad–batch dyeing process for wool pretreated by hydrogen peroxide

The cold pad–batch dyeing process of wool pretreated by hydrogen peroxide was carried out with Lanasol reactive dyes and Realan reactive dyes. The influences of various conditions of the dyeing process, including urea dosage, sodium bisulphite dosage, pH value, batching time and the liquor pickup on colour yield, were analysed. Fixation, levelness of dyeing, dye penetration, colour fastness, breaking strength and elongation were compared between untreated and treated wool fabrics. The study showed that cold pad–batch dyeing of wool fabric is a good prospect for future use because of the resulting advantages, such as higher fixation yield, less energy usage and lower sewage discharge.     

One‐bath union dyeing of wool/polytrimethylene terephthalate blends†

The one‐bath dyeing of blends of polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) staple and wool has been investigated. The exhaustion of selected Terasil disperse dyes on PTT fibre and Lanasol reactive dyes on wool was measured as a function of temperature, together with the cross‐staining of the Terasil dyes on the wool component and the Lanasol dyes on PTT component. Most Terasil disperse dyes achieved satisfactory dye uptake on PTT at 110 °C, whereas on conventional polyester (polyethylene terephthalate) temperatures of up to 130 °C are required. An optimised union‐dyeing technique for wool/PTT blends was developed which minimised the staining of Terasil disperse dyes on wool and produced dyed goods with high levels of wet colour fastness. Carriers were not required to enhance the dyeability of PTT at low temperatures. The wool component appeared to be protected against damage at 110 °C by the reactive dyes. The results indicate the potential for blending PTT fibre and wool to produce fabrics that are easier to dye at lower temperatures than conventional wool/polyester blends.     

Neutral dyeing of wool and wool/polyester blend fabrics using sulphatoethylsulphone reactive‐disperse dyes

Two models of temporarily anionic sulphatoethylsulphone reactive disperse dyes were applied to wool, polyester and wool/polyester blend fabrics at different dyeing pH. Maximum exhaustion values and colour yield were observed at pH 7. The results showed that reactive disperse dyes containing bis‐sulphatoethylsulphone reactive groups were more convenient for neutral dyeing of wool and wool/polyester blend fabrics if compared with a dye containing a mono‐sulphatoethylsulphone group. Excellent to very good wet fastness properties on all dyed fabrics were achieved.     

活性染料用于拉细羊毛染色的研究

研究了四类活性染料染拉细羊毛的工艺条件和十二个染色配方。与媒介染料相比，用活性染料对拉细羊毛染色可获得更好的效果。染料的溶解度、匀染性、上色率、固色率均好于媒介染料，颜色的批差小。研究结果表明：除煮呢沾色牢度外，染色羊毛的各项牢度均优于媒介染料。     

纤维素纤维用活性染料技术进展(续)

纤维素纤维用活性染料是当今最重要的活性染料。本文从提高固着率的技术、提高染着率的技术、提高色牢度的技术、提高匀染性和重现性的技术、开发低盐染色用染料和提高黑色活性染料的乌黑度技术等六个方面阐述了纤维素纤维用活性染料的技术进展。文中也阐述了纤维素纤维的活性染色技术的进展。它们为更快地发展纤维素纤维用活性染料指明了方向。     

纤维素纤维用活性染料技术进展

纤维素纤维用活性染料是当今最重要的活性染料。本文从提高固着率的技术、提高染着率的技术、提高色牢度的技术、提高匀染性和重现性的技术、开发低盐染色用染料和提高黑色活性染料的乌黑度技术等六个方面阐述了纤维素纤维用活性染料的技术进展。文中也阐述了纤维素纤维的活性染色技术的进展。它们为更快地发展纤维素纤维用活性染料指明了方向。     

Reactive dyeing of silk using commercial acid dyes based on a three‐component Mannich‐type reaction

Acid dyes are employed for commercially dyeing silk, which results in ionic bonds between the silk fibroin and the dye. This generally leads to low wet fastness properties for dyed silk fabrics. In this work, three commercial acid dyes with aromatic primary amine structures were selected to dye silk using a Mannich‐type reaction, resulting in improved wet fastness of dyed silk by forming covalent bonds between silk fibroin and dye. The Mannich‐type reactive dyeing was applied to silk fabrics at both 30 and 90°C in trials. Dyeing at 90°C can shorten the dyeing time compared with dyeing at 30°C, even although dye exhaustion and relative fixation at 90°C were a little lower. The dyeing process was optimised when the dyeing temperature was 90°C, dyebath pH 4, dye‐to‐formaldehyde ratio 1:30 and holding dyeing time 60 minutes. The results showed that the dye exhaustion on silk fabrics for the three aromatic primary amine‐containing acid dyes exceeded 94% and their relative fixation was over 80%. Their washing and rubbing fastness reached grade 4 or higher. Hence, the colour fastness properties of dyed silk fabrics using the Mannich‐type reactive dyeing method is superior to the conventional acid dyeing method using the same aromatic primary amine‐containing acid dyes. The Mannich‐type reactive dyeing for silk fabrics at 90°C can be developed into a novel and rapid reactive dyeing method, promising an effective dyeing process with excellent colour fastness.     

One‐bath union dyeing of a modified wool/acrylic blend with acid and reactive dyes

Pretreated wool/acrylic fibre was obtained by a facile amidoximation process. Fibre characterisation (nitrogen content, tensile strength, shrinkage, infrared spectra and X‐ray diffraction) proved the success of the pretreatment. Union dyeing of wool/acrylic fabrics with acid and reactive dyes, namely CI Acid Red 40, CI Acid Blue 25, CI Reactive Red 194 and CI Reactive Blue 25, was obtained using a one‐bath dyeing process. Different factors that may affect the dyeability of the blend fibre, such as dyebath pH, liquor ratio, temperature, time and dye concentration, were evaluated with respect to the dye exhaustion, fixation, colour strength, levelling and fastness properties. Excellent to good fastness was obtained for all samples, irrespective of the dye used. The result of the investigation offers a new viable method for union dyeing of wool/acrylic fibres in a one‐dyebath process.     

Recent developments in the optimised dyeing of cellulose using reactive dyes

To obtain the optimum conditions for dyeing cellulosic fibre with reactive dyes, it is necessary to find out how dyeing results depend upon the properties of the dyes and the fibres. The relationships between the rates of dyeing, dyeing equilibria, types of dye and additions of auxiliaries are important. Based on data that are already available or easy to acquire, it is possible to control the pH of the dyebath and the addition of auxiliaries to obtain optimum exhaustion and fixation for each reactive dye. The advantages to be gained are shorter dyeing times, better dyeing reproducibility and better levelness.     

Selecting reactive dyes for all-in dyeing of polyester/ cotton blends

As a preliminary study to an investigation of the feasibility of dyeing polyester/cotton blend by an all-in process using a pH-shift method, we have investigated the suitability of three types of conventional reactive dyes by considering the effects of pH and temperature on their hydrolysis and fixation behaviour. Monochlorotriazine, vinyl sulphone and bifunctional high exhaustion dyes were assessed but only the bifunctional reactive dye gave acceptable colour yield under the conditions likely to be employed during such a dyeing process.     

Instrumental Colour Prediction A Potential Aid to Dye and Process Selection

A relationship has been established between the dyeing properties of fibre–reactive dyes and the spectral reflectance properties of the colours produced on machine–washable wool. The information gained in routine dye calibration for instrumental colour–prediction systems may be used by the practical dyer for dye selection. The spectral reflectance properties of the resultant dyeings are explained in terms of the diffusion, fixation and level–dyeing properties of specific fibre–reactive dyes applied to wool by exhaust and pad–dyeing processes.     

锦纶66微纤维活性染料染色条件探讨

采用毛用和棉用活性染料对锦纶66微纤维染色,详细讨论了染色温度、染浴pH值、染色和皂洗方法对染色深度和固色率的影响,分析了不同类型的活性染料对染色条件的敏感性。活性染料对锦纶66微纤维的染色深度、固着率和固着效率受温度、pH值、染料母体结构和活性基的影响很大。毛用活性染料更适合于锦纶66微纤维的染色,普通乙烯砜硫酸酯及乙烯砜硫酸酯/一氯均三嗪染料可有选择性地加以使用,毛用活性染料合适的染色pH值约为4,其它染料适用的pH值因品种而异。采用酸性染色或先酸性后碱性的染色条件均可,后者的优点是固着效率高,但染色深度未见提高染色后采用碱性条件皂洗有利于染色深度的提高。     

Print-Batch(Cold)—A New Process for Wool

A cold printing process has been developed from the IWS pad-batch(cold) method for the dyeing of wool cloth. The chemical aspects of the technique are discussed with particular reference to the role of sodium bisulphite in promoting dye fixation and increasing the colour yield. The system used for the selection of reactive dyes for application to wool in the cold is described. Typical printing procedures are outlined.     

Reactive dyeing systems for wool fibres based on hetero-bifunctional reactive dyes. Part 2: Investigation of dyeing properties during the dyeing cycle

The dyeing behaviour during the dyeing cycle of a Sumifix Supra dye and some other commercial reactive dyes under various dyebath pH conditions was investigated. Studies of the dyeing of wool serge fabric indicated that the diffusion properties of hetero-bifunctional Sumifix Supra dyes generally lie between those of b-sulphatoethylsulphone (Remazol dyes) and monochlorotriazine (Procion H dyes).     

One‐bath dyeing of polyester/cotton blends with disperse and bis‐3‐carboxypyridinium‐s‐triazine reactive dyes. Part 2: Application of substantive reactive dyes to cotton at 130 °C and neutral pH†

An earlier paper reported that the reactive dyes (not the disperse dyes) were responsible for the inability to achieve heavy depths of shade, when dyeing polyester/cotton blends by a one‐bath process at 130 °C and neutral pH using reactive dyes containing a 3‐carboxypyridinium‐s‐triazinyl group. It was shown that the poor colour yield of the bis‐3‐carboxypyridinium‐s‐triazine reactive dyes was because of their low exhaustion level at 130 °C and pH of 7.0–7.5. We now report the synthesis and evaluation of some bis‐3‐carboxypyridinium‐s‐triazine reactive dye structures, possessing highly substantive chromophores, as a means of obtaining high colour yield, on 100% unmercerised cotton, under the specified dyeing conditions. The technical performance of these dyes under such conditions was compared with that of selected Novacron (Cibacron) LS and Procion H‐E dyes, applied under their recommended (atmospheric) dyeing conditions.     

Synthesis of an amino coumarin‐based fluorescent reactive dye and its application to wool fibres

The objective of the current study was to introduce the coumarin structure into a conventional reactive dye system. A fluorescent reactive dye was synthesised based upon 7‐amino‐4‐methylcoumarin. The dye was obtained by a multi‐step sequence initiated by displacement of a chlorine group from 2,4,6‐trichloro‐1,3,5‐triazine using H‐acid. Diazo coupling of 3‐aminobenzenesulphato‐ethylsulphone to this adduct, followed by a second chlorine displacement using aminomethylcoumarin completed the sequence. The fluorescent dye and the non‐fluorescent precursor were characterised by mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy and capillary electrophoresis. The newly synthesised dye was applied to wool fibres using an exhaust dyeing method. The exhaustion, fixation and total efficiency values were calculated by ultraviolet–visible spectrophotometric analysis of the dyebath. The synthesised red dye presented high values for exhaustion, fixation and total efficiency on the wool fibres. The novel dye, after its application to the wool fibres, exhibited fluorescence under an ultraviolet light. This feature confirmed that the novel dye retained the inherent characteristic feature of fluorescence on the wool fibres. The dyed wool fibres exhibited level 4–5 of light fastness when compared with international wool light fastness standards.     

The use of trisodium nitrilo triacetate in the pad–steam dyeing of cotton with reactive dyes

This paper presents results on the use of trisodium nitrilo triacetate, a biodegradable alkaline organic salt, for pad–steam dyeing of cotton with reactive dyes as a replacement for conventionally used inorganic electrolyte and alkali. Two widely used dyes, CI Reactive Red 147 and CI Reactive Blue 250, were used in the study. The colour yield, dye fixation and ultimate colour fastness achieved by using trisodium nitrilo triacetate were closely comparable with those obtained by using inorganic electrolyte and alkali. The tensile breaking force and wrinkle recovery angle of the dyed fabrics were also measured and were slightly improved when using organic salt. Additionally, the dyeing effluent showed reductions in total dissolved solids content with trisodium nitrilo triacetate.     

Improving the dyeability of wool by treatment with chitosan

A study of pretreatment of wool fabrics with chitosan by a pad-dry method has been carried out. The pretreatment effectively eliminates differences in dyeing behaviour between damaged and undamaged wool fibres, with an increase in the rate of dye uptake and the exhaustion of acid and reactive dyes. Penetration of the fibre by dyes has been followed using fluorescence microscopy and the role of the chitosan coating in the dyeing process clarified. Similar colour fastness properties were obtained on both untreated and chitosan-treated wool fabrics. The chitosan coating on wool fabrics has been examined by scanning electron microscopy. Evidence for the presence of chitosan was sought using a colorimetric method. It is believed that an approximately uniform and adherent chitosan sheath is formed on individual wool fibres.     

The Dyeing of Wool with Reactive Dyes in the Presence of Trichloroacetic Acid

Although the development of reactive dyes has been accompanied by the introduction of auxiliary products to give satisfactory dyeing quality, there are still areas where problems are encountered. A novel system, based on the use of trichloroacetic acid, is proposed, which gives improved levelness, especially when dyeing wool with mixtures of reactive dyes. Dyeing is carried out under acidic conditions where there is a slower rate of dye–fibre reaction and consequently, significant dye migration;as soon as the temperature of the bath reaches the boil, the trichloroacetic acid decomposes, the pH rises to approximately neutral and the dye is fixed.     

Dyeing behaviour of lyocell fabric: effect of fibrillation

To understand the effect of fibrillation in dyeing, non-fibrillated lyocell fabrics and fibrillated lyocell fabrics were dyed with different types of reactive dyes. Their exhaustion, fixation and K/S values were measured and compared. It was observed that fibrillated lyocell shows lower visual colour yield than non-fibrillated lyocell, independent of the exhaustion and fixation. It was also observed that some bifunctional reactive dyes, because of the location of reactive groups and flexibility of their structure, reduced fibrillation of lyocell through crosslinking. It was shown that defibrillating fibrillated lyocell with a cellulase enzyme increased the visual colour yield. Non-fibrillated lyocell fabrics after dyeing were subjected to a hydroentanglement treatment to create a fibrillation effect. These properties suggest that the lower visual colour yield of fibrillated lyocell is not mainly attributed to any change in fibre properties of the fibrils, but as a result of the light scattering from the fibrillated fabric surface.