Textiles industry

Wastewater treatment. The effluents from textile processing contain some pollutants and become highly colored due to soluble and insoluble dyes. At present, there is no economically feasible method for removing the dyes and other chemicals present in the effluents from the finishing and dyeing operations. 

Zirconia membranes can also be utilized to remove wool oil and grease, resins, latex and high molecular weight dyestuffs larger than 20,000 daltons from process waste streams. The filtered hot detergent solutions can be reused in the washers. 

While the formed-in-place or dynamic hydrous zirconium oxide membranes on porous stainless steel supports have been studied mostly for biotechnology applications, they have also demonstrated promises for processing the effluents of the textile industry [Neytzell-de-Wilde et al, 1989]. One such application is the treatment of wool scouring effluent. With a TMP of 47 bars and a crossflow velocity of 2 m/s at 60-70°C, the permeate quality was considered acceptable for re-use in the scouring operation. The resulting permeate flux was 30-40 L/hr-m. Another potential application is the removal of dyes. At 45 C, the dynamic membranes achieved a color removal rate of 95% or better and an average permeate flux of 33 L/hr-m under a TMP of 50 bars and a crossflow velocity of 1.5 m/s. 

Optical brighteners (fluorescent whitening agents, FWAs) are used primarily in the textile, detergent, and paper industries and are also added to plastics [118], The mode of application and performance requirements differ greatly from one substrate to another, but there are five common basic principles  

1) FWAs can only improve whiteness effectively if the substrate does not absorb too strongly in their excitation and fluorescence range. Objects with a poor basis white, such as unbleached textiles or poorly cleaned articles, cannot be brightened to a high degree of whiteness even with high concentrations of FWAs [119], 

2) FWAs only act effectively if they are monomolecularly dispersed in the substrate. This depends on the substrate, the FWA type, and the mode of application [4,5,120], 

3) Whitening effects increase with FWA concentration up to a saturation limit. For this reason, the applied concentrations of FWA must be kept low ca. 0.002-0.2 wt % relative to the substrate, or roughly one-tenth of the usual concentration of dyes [4], 

4) Since the use of FWAs in industrial applications should not create any problems, specific products have been developed for each type of application. 

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Prepared generally by ester interchange from polyvinylacelate (ethanoate) using methanol and base also formed by hydrolysis of the acetate by NaOH and water. The properties of the poly(vinyl alcohol) depend upon the structure of the original polyvinyl acetate. Forms copolymers. Used as a size in the textile industry, in aqueous adhesives, in the production of polyvinyl acetates (e.g. butynal) for safety glasses. U.S. production 1980... 

There are two categories of white oils technical white oils and medicinal white oils. The technical white oils, which are already highly dearomatized, are used for specialized lubricants, particularly in the textile industry, and also as components in cosmetics, as plasticizers in the rubber or plastics industries, or as emulsion bases for certain pulverized agriculture products. The medicinal white oils, whose dearomatization is pushed further still, are used in pharmaceuticals, or in the food industry, wherever residual oils might be in contact with food. 

Other compounds are of industrial value lead chromate is chrome yellow, a valued pigment. Chromium compounds are used in the textile industry as mordants, and by the aircraft and other industries for anodizing aluminum. 

Partially polymerized resins of urea are used by the textile industry to impart permanent-press properties to fabrics (see also Textiles, finishing). 

Small, complex-shaped glass articles such as thread guides for the textile industry and television gun mounts for the electronics industry are made by the multiform process. The dry-milled powder is mixed with an inorganic binder and a fluid vehicle, and then atomi2ed by a spray dryer into small, dried agglomerates of glass powder and binder with good flow characteristics. They are subsequently pressed to the desired shape and fired. 

HoUow fibers can be prepared from almost any spiunable material. The fiber can be spun directly as a membrane or as a substrate which is post-treated to achieve desired membrane characteristics. Analogous fibers have been spun in the textile industry and are employed for the production of high bulk, low density fabrics. The technology employed in the fabrication of synthetic fibers appUes also to the spinning of hoUow-fiber membranes from natural and synthetic polymers. 

Binders. Latices are used as fiber binders by the paper and textile industries. The two principal methods of appHcation are (/) wet-end addition, wherein the ionic latex is added to a fiber slurry and then coagulated in the slurry prior to sheet formation, and (2) saturation of the latex into a formed fiber web wherein the latex is coagulated by dehydration. Latices are also used as binders for particulate matter such as mbber scrap. 

Tetrahydronaphthalene [119-64-2] (Tetralin) is a water-white Hquid that is insoluble in water, slightly soluble in methyl alcohol, and completely soluble in other monohydric alcohols, ethyl ether, and most other organic solvents. It is a powerhil solvent for oils, resins, waxes, mbber, asphalt, and aromatic hydrocarbons, eg, naphthalene and anthracene. Its high flash point and low vapor pressure make it usehil in the manufacture of paints, lacquers, and varnishes for cleaning printing ink from rollers and type in the manufacture of shoe creams and floor waxes as a solvent in the textile industry and for the removal of naphthalene deposits in gas-distribution systems (25). The commercial product typically has a tetrahydronaphthalene content of >97 wt%, with some decahydronaphthalene and naphthalene as the principal impurities. 

Sodium peroxoborate hexahydrate is an important ingredient of many household detergents, working best at temperatures above 60°C. It is also used in dishwasher detergents, denture cleaners, as well as foot and bath salts. The textile industry generally uses hydrogen peroxide for bleaching, but there are a few areas in which sodium peroxoborate hexahydrate is preferred. 

Uron Resins. In the textile industry, the term uron resin usually refers to the mixture of a minor amount of melamine resin and so-called uron, which in turn is predorninantly N,]S -bis(methoxymethyl)uron [7388-44-5] plus 15—25% methylated urea—formaldehyde resins, a by-product. 

Ammonia combines with hydrogen sulfide, sulfur, or both, to form various ammonium sulfides and polysulfides. Generally these materials are somewhat unstable, tending to change in composition on standing. Ammonium sulfides are used by the textile industry. 

Quaternary Salts. Herbicides paraquat (20) and diquat (59) are the quaternary salts of 4,4 -bipyridine (19) and 2,2 -bipyridine with methyl chloride and 1,2-dibromoethane, respectively. Higher alkylpyridinium salts are used in the textile industry as dye ancillaries and spin bath additives. The higher alkylpyridinium salt, hexadecylpytidinium chloride [123-03-5] (67) (cetylpyridinium chloride) is a topical antiseptic. Amprolium (62), a quaternary salt of a-picohne (2), is a coccidiostat. Bisaryl salts of butylpyridinium bromide (or its lower 1-alkyl homologues) with aluminum chloride have been used as battery electrolytes (84), in aluminum electroplating baths (85), as Friedel-Crafts catalysts (86), and for the formylation of toluene by carbon monoxide (87) (see QuaternaryAA ONiUM compounds). 

Sodium fatty acid ester sulfonates are known to be highly attractive as surfactants. These have good wetting abiHty and exceUent calcium ion stabiHty as weU as high detergency without phosphates, and are used in powders or Hquids. They can also be used in the textile industry, emulsion polymerization, cosmetics, and metal surface fields. Moreover, they are attractive because they are produced from renewable natural resources and their biodegradabiHty is almost as good as alkyl sulfates (134—137). 

Eatty acid ethoxylates are used extensively in the textile industry as emulsifiers for processing oils, antistatic agents (qv), softeners, and fiber lubricants, and as detergents in scouring operations. They also find appHcation as emulsifiers in cosmetic preparations and pesticide formulations. Eatty acid ethoxylates are manufactured either by alkaH-catalyzed reaction of fatty acids with ethylene oxide or by acid-catalyzed esterification of fatty acids with preformed poly(ethylene glycol). Deodorization steps are commonly incorporated into the manufacturing process. 

Hand in hand with this research on finding a suitable carboxyUc acid chemical for cross-linker has been the search for an economical catalyst system. The catalyst found to be most effective for the esterification reaction was sodium hypophosphite (NaH2P02). This material was also costiy and out of range for the textile industry. Because weak bases function as catalyst, a range of bases has been explored, including the sodium salts of acids such as malic acid. 

As of this writing (1997), researchers are exploring combinations of acids, additives, and catalysts to achieve a suitable economic finish. However, commercial appHcation of these finishes would require costs akin to that of DMDHEU as well as compliance with formaldehyde release levels by consumers, regulators, and the textile industry. Another possible impetus could be marketing considerations. Nevertheless, this work has sparked intense effort in the use of cross-linkers containing ester cross-links and has broadened the scope of cross-linker research. 

K. W. Fincher and M. A. White, CSIRO Division of Textile Industry Report G-30, 1977. 

Because the mechanical properties of hydrophilic fibers are critically dependent on moisture regain, it is vital that such fibers be tested under constant conditions of temperature and humidity. Standard conditions used in the textile industry are 65% relative humidity and 21°C (1,2,21,96). ASTM D1909, D2118, and D2720 Hst accepted commercial moisture regain values used in the buying and selling of fibers. 

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