Fibres, additives Colorants

Soxtherm can be used for a variety of substrates, such as plasticisers, and additives in plastics and rubber, fibre and textile coatings, colorants on textiles, fat in food, oils and lubricants, fertiliser coatings, etc. Specific reports are scarce. EPA method 3541 has adopted automated Soxhlet extraction [151]. 

Direct dyes have only modest fastness to washing, which may be improved by after-treatments such as metal-complex formation (section 5.5.3) or by diazotisation of the dye on the fibre and further coupling of the diazonium salt with an insoluble coupling component (section 1.6.14). In addition to their use on cotton and viscose, direct dyes are important in the dyeing of leather. The cheapest members of this class are also used in the coloration of paper, since for this purpose fastness properties are largely irrelevant and price is all-important. 

Adhesives Organic and inorganic bases Coolants Cleaners colorants (pigments and dyes) Fragrances Inks Paints Plasticisers (e.g., in plastics) Polymers (rubbers and plastics) Sealants Solvents Stabilisers Synthetic fibres Varnishes Biocides Detergents Fertilisers Fuels Foodstuff additives and flavourings to foodstuffs Medicinal products (for humans and animals) Plant protection products Radioactive substances... 

Additives for polymers, coatings, lubricants, printing inks, photographic films and paper. Since April 1998 also includes water treatment chemicals Colors colours for inks, paints, plastics, textiles and fibres ... 

Khatibzadeh, M, Mohseni, M. and Moradian, S. Compounding fibre grade polyethylene terephthalate with a hyperbranched additive and studying its dyeabilily with a disperse dye. Coloration Technology, 126,269-274 (2010). 

Coloration through polymer modification or dye-receptor addition before extrusion or by adding dye to the melt. Films, fibres, and tapes are coloured almost exclusively with concentrate granules, the amount of which varies between 1 and 10% in correlation with the depth of the shade required, thickness and opacity, fastness to light, rubbing, and washing. 

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