Degradation of textiles

Togo CA, Mutambanengwe CCZ, Whiteley CG (2008) Decolourization and degradation of textile dyes using a sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB) - biodigester microflora co-culture. Afr J Biotechnol 7(2) 114-121... 

Dubrow SF, Boardman GD, Michelsen DL (1996) Chemical pretreatment and aerobic-anaerobic degradation of textile dye wastewater. In Reife A, Freeman HS (eds) Environmental chemistry of dyes and pigments. Wiley, New York... 

Pazdzior K, Klepacz-Smolka A, Ledakowicz S, Sojka-Ledakowicz J, Mrozinska Z, Zylla R (2009) Integration of nanofiltration and biological degradation of textile wastewater containing azo dye. Chemosphere 75 250-255... 

McMullan G, Meehan C, Conneely A, Kirby N, Robinson T, Nigam P, Banat IM, Marchant R, Smyth WF (2001) Microbial decolourisation and degradation of textile dyes. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 56 81-87... 

B. Neppolian, H.C. Choi, S. Sakthivel, B. Arabindoo and V. Murugesan, Solar light induced and Ti02 assisted degradation of textile dye reactive blue 4. Chemosphere, 46 (2002) 1173-1181. 

The two most common natural textile fibers encountered in modern fabrics have contrasting responses to soil burial. Under most soil burial conditions cellulose will degrade rapidly whereas wool will decay at a slower rate. These phenomena are demonstrated by the degradation of textile fibers from the Experimental Earthworks Project (Janaway 1996a). Figures 7.9 and 7.10 compare wool and linen buried in the chalk environments at Overton Down for 32 years. The linen is denatured to the point that there is little surviving morphology, whereas the wool retained some fiber structure. 

The Effect of Cadaveric Decomposition on Differential Degradation of Textile Materials Bradford Pig Experiments... 

D. Degradation of Textile Dyes and Other Colored Compounds... 

Shaffiqu T, Roy J, Nair R et al (2002) Degradation of textile dyes mediated by plant peroxidases. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 102-103 315-326... 

The thermal degradation of textiles is influenced by the environment in which they exist as well as by impurities, additives, and finishing agents in the fiber. Damage to all fibers by heat and secondary influences such as ultraviolet light and biological attack occurs more rapidly in humid atmospheres. Cotton and silk can withstand higher temperatures than can wool without adverse effects on their fiber properties. 

Neppolian B, Sakthivel S, Arabindoo B, Palanichamy M, Murugesan V (1999) Degradation of Textile Dye by Solar Light using Ti02 and ZnO Photocatalysts, J. Environ. Sd. Health A34, No. 9 1829-1838. 

Aplin R, Waite TD (2000) Comparison of Three Advanced Oxidation Processes for Degradation of Textile Dyes, Wat. Sci. Tech-nol. 42, No. 5-6 345-354. 

Fe-clusters on silica fabrics have been prepared in our laboratory [9] and used in the degradation of textile waters and waters of the SMDK treating station for toxic industrial waters in Kolliken, Switzerland. The pH of the waste waters as received was in the range 7-9. Treatment with H2O2 without pH adjustment in the dark was ineffective in the reactor. Under UV light irradiation the TOC was seen to decrease by less than 5% with the latter treatment. 

PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF TEXTILE DYE COMMONLY USED IN COTTON FABRICS... 

ABSTRACT UV light induced degradation of textile dye, reactive red MSB has been carried out on Ti02 and ZnO semiconductor particles. Spectrophotometer and COD techniques have been used to elucidate the details of dye decolourisation and degradation. The experiments have been carried out with different amount of catalyst, various concentration of dye solution, different irradiation time and in the presence of air. The reactive red MSB has been degraded to colourless end products. The results suggest that the photocatalytic degradation of textile dye may be a viable method for the safe disposal of wastewater. 

Photocatalytic oxidation of wastewater containing dissolved textile dyes is feasible for colour removal. In addition to remove the colour from the wastewater, the photocatalytic reaction simultaneously reduced the COD which suggests that the dissolved organics can be oxidised. These oxidation reactions require air, water, photocatalyst and UV light. The results suggest that the photocatalytic degradation of textile dye may be a viable method for decolourisation and oxidation of organics in wastewater. 

Research into the effect of NO2 on polyamide textiles has been described [19], The exposure of samples in an NO2 atmosphere of low concentration at room temperature for 100 h does not lead to a decrease in the whiteness and tensile strength. However, these characteristics are decreased at higher temperatures. The availability of nitrogen oxides in the air under the action of UV light results in the additional degradation of textiles. 

Ermilova, 1. A. Theoretical and practical foundation of microbiological degradation of textile fibers and ways of defence of fibers against the action ofmicroorganizmes. Phesis (Russian), S. M. Kirov Leningrad Institute of Textile and Light Industry, Leningrad, p. 470 (2009). 

Jin H, Wu Q, Pang W (2007) Photocatalytic degradation of textile dye X-3B using polyoxometalate-Ti02 hybrid materials. J Hazard Mater 141 123-127... 

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