The dyeing of cotton fabrics : a practical handbook for the dyer and student (1901)
Beech, Franklin · London : Scott, Greenwood · leaf 19
alkali solutions of from 1 to 2 per cent,strength have little or no action even when used at hightemperatures and under considerable pressure—a fact of verygreat importance from a bleachers point of view, as itenables him to subject cotton to a boil in kiers, with suchalkaline solutions at high… … 0®-^ Fig. 2.—Mercerised Cotton Fibre. Fig. 2a. lose into soluble bodies, and as much as 20 per cent, of thefibre may become dissolved under such treatment. Theaction of strong solutions of caustic soda or caustic potashupon cellulose or cotton is somewhat different. Mercerfound that solutions…
Dyes and dyeing
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