Textile fabrics treatment

Ammonium bifluoride is used as a sour or neutralizer for alkalies in commercial laundries and textile plants. Treatment also removes iron stain by forming colorless ammonium iron fluorides that are readily rinsed from the fabric (17). 

Textile finishing includes various efforts to improve the properties of textile fabrics, whether for apparel, home, or other end uses. In particular, these processes are directed toward modifying either the fiber characteristics themselves or the gross textile end properties. Such modifications may be chemical or mechanical in nature. One modification that is not covered in this article relates to the dyeing of textiles and the dyestuffs employed for fibers however, areas that involve chemical finishing designed to modify the normal dye receptivity and the growing use of enzyme treatments are included. 

For application of these fluorochemical finishes to textile fabrics, an extremely important factor is their formulation into suitable aqueous emulsions or dispersions. The quality of the formulation has a critical influence on stability during storage and application, as well as the efficacy of treatment and durability [501,502]. In particular, the choice of surfactant(s) for emulsifying or dispersing must ensure good stability with freedom from deposition on rollers, yet must not impair the water and oil repellency of the finished fabric. No individual product fulfils all requirements hence specifically formulated products are available for certain fibre types. 

Detective Layman s Report LCO cleaning, DEmonstration Textile CO Treatment Introduction Validation Effort - Detective, EU Life Project No LIFEOO ENV/NL/000797,17 Feb 2005 De Rosa, D. (2001) Out of Fashion. Moving beyond toxic cleaners in the Fabric Care Industry. Greenpeace USA. See ... 

A. Boidin/J.Effront 1924 Amylase, protease, lipase Treatment of textile fabrics or fibers... 

Already in 1943 Imperial Chemical Industries (26) applied for a patent on treatments of paper and textile fabrics with vapor of monomeric, readily polymerizable compounds after impregnation with a mixture of persulphuric acid or water-soluble persulphate and of water-soluble oxyacids of sulphur or their salts with reducing properties. In 1951 and in 1952 the same company (27) filed applications on the syn-... 

Use Urea and melamine resins, polyacetal resins, phenolic resins, ethylene glycol, pentaerythritol, hexamethylenetetramine, fertilizer, disinfectant, biocide, embalming fluids, preservative, reducing agent as in recovery of gold and silver, corrosion inhibitor in oil wells, durable-press treatment of textile fabrics, industrial sterilant, treatment of grain smut, foam insulation, particle board, plywood, a versatile chemical intermediate. 

Besides the fabrication of PHA films for oil blotting application, the hydrophobic property of PHA has also led to the use of this material for dye removal via adsorption in textile wastewater treatment. The potential application of PHA films as facial oil adsorbing material suggested that PHA films can also be used to adsorb other hydrophobic compounds. Many textile dyes are hydrophobic and may readily adsorb onto PHA films. Therefore, PHA films maybe used to remove textile dyes from wastewater. Solvent-cast P(3HB) films were found to remove approximately 38 % of color from textile dye wastewater. Electrospun PHA films may show better ability in adsorbing hydrophobic textile dyes. 

Duran, N., Marcato, P.D., De Souza, G.I.H., Alves, O.L., Esposito, E., 2007. Antibacterial effect of silver nanoparticles produced by fungal process on textile fabrics and their effluent treatment. J. Biomed. Nanotechnol. 3, 203—208. 

Uses Wetting agent, dispersant, emulsifier for processing of yarns and fabrics, consumer detergents, cosmetics, agric., min. processing, pulp/paper, textiles, water treatment textile dyeing horticultural sprays removal of oil slicks... 

With the vulgarization of antimicrobial treatment of textile fabrics, simple methods to quantify the evaluated the link efGcacy, and durability performance will be needed. The biological tests are usually inexistent in textile plant and their specific requisites allow that need to be made by controlled biological laboratories out of textile facilities. 

Given the adaptability of this and other equally hazardous bacteria suggests that the reliance on cunent hygiene practice and antimicrobial finishes presently being used to combat the problem of antibiotic resistant strains alone would be optimistic. The use of an on-site contamination detection system embedded into the surface of the textiles used in a hospital alongside antimicrobial fabric treatments (bacteriostatic or bacteriocidal methods) would alert the user to changes in the level of bacterial contamination they are in contact with as it happens. 

Key words plasma, laser, fibre, fabric, textile, surface, treatment, structure. 

Ethylene and propylene glycols and their low polymers with the ability to absorb and retain moisture act as softening, plasticizing, and antistatic agents for hydrophilic textile fibers. Treatment with waxes such as paraffin emulsions impart water repellency to cellulose fabrics, but the effect is not permanent. Silicones impart water repellency to all fabrics. 

This book presents the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Recent Advances in Polymeric Dispersions held in Elizonda, Spain, 23rd June - 5th July 1996. The book is composed of 35 papers contributed by a variety of international scientists with great experience in this area of work. The papers cover topics relating to polymeric dispersions and their apphcations such as synthetic rubber, paints, adhesives, binders for non-woven fabrics, additives in paper and textiles, leather treatment, impact modifiers for plastic matrices, additives for construction materials, pharmaceuticals, flocculants and rheological modifiers. The book covers fundamentals, discusses developments and unsolved problems and speculates on future research. Each chapter is well referenced. 

Microcapsules are often rather sensitive to mechanical stresses fliat could be involved in fabric treatment. Chemical compatibihty of all elements involved in the system fabric/microcapsules could be a determining factor in achieving a smart textile with satisfying washing fastness, intended for durable and controlled release of an... 

Patent Textile Soaps.—Stockhausen (Eng. Pat. 24,868, 1897) makes special claim for a soap, termed Monopole Soap, to be used in place of Turkey-red oils in the dyeing and printing of cotton goods and finishing of textile fabrics. The soap is prepared by heating the sulphonated oil (obtained on treatment of castor oil with sulphuric acid) with alkali, and it is stated that the product is not precipitated when used in the dye-bath as is ordinary soap, nor is it deposited upon the fibres. 

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