Studies in the fundamental processes of textile printing V-the transfer of disperse and water-soluble dyes to cellulose acetate during steaming

Abstract

The experimental methods used in the preceding studies in this series 1^-4 have been adapted to the investigation of the transfer of selected disperse and soluble acetate rayon dyes to cellulose acetate during steaming. The effects of concentration, chemical structure, and particle size of the dye and of the presence of electrolytes and swelling agents for the fibre substance have been examined for appropriate conditions of application. The results are discussed with special reference to corresponding details of the dyeing behaviour as revealed by quantitative studies of other workers. In many of these details there is an unusually close correspondence between dyeing behaviour and printing transfer.