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Process for the whitening of textile fibres of polyesters

US4057387A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 8, 1976
Grant dateNov 8, 1977
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Expiry dateJan 8, 1996

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S8/933
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Process for whitening textile fibres of polyesters or blended fibres of polyesters and cellulose or wool with dispers fluorescent whitening agents according to a combined exhaustion and thermo-fixing process, in the presence of auxiliaries e.g. esters in combination with water-soluble alkali metal salts or ampholytes which are capable of forming an aqueous two-phase system.

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