A novel green approach for reactive printing of cotton/cellulosic regenerated blended fabrics using trisodium nitrilotriacetate
Abstract Owing to their comfort, handle, and aesthetic characteristics, cotton fabrics will always be the first and primary choice for clothing and apparel. In recent years, regenerated cellulosic fabrics like bamboo, Tencel, and modal fabrics have had many natural advantages. Fabrics based on blend...
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| author | Abdalla A Mousa Alsaid A Almetwally Sahar H Nassar Nahed S Ahmed Hesham M Fahmy Reda M El-Shishtawy |
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| description | Abstract Owing to their comfort, handle, and aesthetic characteristics, cotton fabrics will always be the first and primary choice for clothing and apparel. In recent years, regenerated cellulosic fabrics like bamboo, Tencel, and modal fabrics have had many natural advantages. Fabrics based on blending cotton fibres with regenerated cellulosic fibres are considered promising products in textile industry sectors. Use of urea poses ecological problems associated with the high nitrogen content of the printing effluent. Therefore, urea reduction or elimination in reactive dye print pastes is of ecological interest. We report the use of trisodium nitrilotriacetate as a complete substitution of urea and alkali in the conventional reactive printing of cotton/cellulosic regenerated blended fabrics. CI Reactive Black 5 was selected for the present study. Three different print pastes containing urea/alkali, trisodium nitrilotriacetate/alkali and trisodium nitrilotriacetate without alkali were thoroughly investigated. Different factors that may affect the printability of cotton/cellulosic regenerated blended fabrics, such as the concentrations of dye, trisodium nitrilotriacetate, urea, absence or presence of alkali and steaming time in the prints obtained, were evaluated concerning colour strength, dye fixation, dye penetration, levelling, colure, and fastness properties. All printed fabrics using three print pastes obtained excellent to good fastness. The results proved the viability of using TNA as an environmentally friendly approach for urea/alkali-free printing of cellulosics with reactive dyes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b6c3180eb50d43be8ba648bd67936e282025-08-20T02:11:22ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-10-0114111710.1038/s41598-024-75633-5A novel green approach for reactive printing of cotton/cellulosic regenerated blended fabrics using trisodium nitrilotriacetateAbdalla A Mousa0Alsaid A Almetwally1Sahar H Nassar2Nahed S Ahmed3Hesham M Fahmy4Reda M El-Shishtawy5Dyeing, Printing and Dye Intermediates Department, Textile Research and Technology Institute, National Research CentreTextile Engineering Department, Textile Research and Technology Institute, National Research CentreDyeing, Printing and Dye Intermediates Department, Textile Research and Technology Institute, National Research CentreDyeing, Printing and Dye Intermediates Department, Textile Research and Technology Institute, National Research CentrePre-Treatment and Finishing of Cellulosic Fabric Department, Textile Research and Technology Institute, National Research CentreDyeing, Printing and Dye Intermediates Department, Textile Research and Technology Institute, National Research CentreAbstract Owing to their comfort, handle, and aesthetic characteristics, cotton fabrics will always be the first and primary choice for clothing and apparel. In recent years, regenerated cellulosic fabrics like bamboo, Tencel, and modal fabrics have had many natural advantages. Fabrics based on blending cotton fibres with regenerated cellulosic fibres are considered promising products in textile industry sectors. Use of urea poses ecological problems associated with the high nitrogen content of the printing effluent. Therefore, urea reduction or elimination in reactive dye print pastes is of ecological interest. We report the use of trisodium nitrilotriacetate as a complete substitution of urea and alkali in the conventional reactive printing of cotton/cellulosic regenerated blended fabrics. CI Reactive Black 5 was selected for the present study. Three different print pastes containing urea/alkali, trisodium nitrilotriacetate/alkali and trisodium nitrilotriacetate without alkali were thoroughly investigated. Different factors that may affect the printability of cotton/cellulosic regenerated blended fabrics, such as the concentrations of dye, trisodium nitrilotriacetate, urea, absence or presence of alkali and steaming time in the prints obtained, were evaluated concerning colour strength, dye fixation, dye penetration, levelling, colure, and fastness properties. All printed fabrics using three print pastes obtained excellent to good fastness. The results proved the viability of using TNA as an environmentally friendly approach for urea/alkali-free printing of cellulosics with reactive dyes.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-75633-5Environmental printing processes. Regenerated cellulosic fabricsBlends printingTrisodium nitrilotriacetateReactive printing and reactive dyes |
| spellingShingle | Abdalla A Mousa Alsaid A Almetwally Sahar H Nassar Nahed S Ahmed Hesham M Fahmy Reda M El-Shishtawy A novel green approach for reactive printing of cotton/cellulosic regenerated blended fabrics using trisodium nitrilotriacetate Scientific Reports Environmental printing processes. Regenerated cellulosic fabrics Blends printing Trisodium nitrilotriacetate Reactive printing and reactive dyes |
| title | A novel green approach for reactive printing of cotton/cellulosic regenerated blended fabrics using trisodium nitrilotriacetate |
| title_full | A novel green approach for reactive printing of cotton/cellulosic regenerated blended fabrics using trisodium nitrilotriacetate |
| title_fullStr | A novel green approach for reactive printing of cotton/cellulosic regenerated blended fabrics using trisodium nitrilotriacetate |
| title_full_unstemmed | A novel green approach for reactive printing of cotton/cellulosic regenerated blended fabrics using trisodium nitrilotriacetate |
| title_short | A novel green approach for reactive printing of cotton/cellulosic regenerated blended fabrics using trisodium nitrilotriacetate |
| title_sort | novel green approach for reactive printing of cotton cellulosic regenerated blended fabrics using trisodium nitrilotriacetate |
| topic | Environmental printing processes. Regenerated cellulosic fabrics Blends printing Trisodium nitrilotriacetate Reactive printing and reactive dyes |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-75633-5 |
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