Free Salt Dyeing Of Cotton Fabric with Reactive Dyes New!

Cationization of cotton is emerging as an effective tool to solve the environmental problem associated with dyeing of cotton with anionic dyes between normal or existing method of reactive dyeing of cotton with the use of cationizing agents like "X" chemical and "DICHLORO ETHANE" "along with "METHYLAMINE" to dye cotton without alkali and salt i.e. "FREE SALT ...

Effect of Selected Finishes on Honeycomb Knitted Fabric

Textile industry is one of the oldest and largest organized industries in India. Indian textile industry is not only the oldest industries in the country but also one of the major industries providing employment and earning foreign exchange for the country. The technological development has enabled the textile industry to produce numerous types of yarns and fabrics with special appearance by varying structure and product (Deepak et al., ...

Removing Dye Acid Violet from its Aqueous Solution by Adsorption on Activated Carbon

Textile dye industry is spitting out tons of dye effluent into the environment everyday thus becoming a cause of grave concern to the environmentalists. The present study was undertaken keeping this problem in view. Removal of dye Acid Violet, a much used dye in the textile industry, by its adsorption on two different samples of activated carbon by static batch method was ...

An Overview of Dyes & Pigments Industry

There are two types of colorants – dyes and pigments. Dyes are soluble substances used to pass color to the substrate and find applications primarily in textiles and leather. There are several types of dyes, however in India disperse, reactive and direct dyes are most commonly used. Pigments are insoluble substances and could either be in powdered or granular form. They impart colour by reflecting only certain light ...

'Gifting the future generation a better world' - innovations in sustainability

A survey by an NPO reveals an appalling fact that approximately 8000 chemicals are used in the process of textile manufacturing. This creates irreparable damages to the environment, and living beings. Even after the apparel is purchased, it is responsible for two thirds of a garment’s carbon foot ...

Oeko-Tex® :Reason for Introduction

The Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 was introduced at the beginning of the 1990s as a response to the needs of the general public for textiles which posed no risk to health. "Poison in textiles" and other negative headlines were widespread at this time and indiscriminately branded all chemical across the board used in textile manufacturing as negative and dangerous to ...