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Bleaching of SeaCell® active fabrics with hydrogen peroxide

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Seaweed-based SeaCell® fibres have been considered as new materials for textile industry. In this study, seaweedbased SeaCell® Active fibres which have antifungal and antibacterial activity have been used. Simple, economic and green process is applied to investigate the bleaching performance of SeaCell® Active fabric. Bleaching process has been performed in a laboratory scale dyeing machine by using H2O2 at different concentrations. Also, different bleaching trials were carried out by varying temperature, pH and process duration. Colour Measurements of the bleached SeaCell® Active fabrics have been characterized by utilizing Datacolor SF 600 +. Tristimulus and Whiteness Index values have been calculated according to the CIELab system with D65/10 o observer values. After the bleaching treatment, the obtained results reveal that SeaCell® Active fabric with satisfactory whiteness index and improved lightness (L*) value can be obtained by processing the fabric at 90 °C for 60 min in a bleaching bath with fixed pH 7.5 containing 30 ml/l H2O2. SEM images of untreated and bleached SeaCell® Active fabrics also show that some fibres have been damaged after bleaching process.

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Cenkkut Gültekin, B. Bleaching of SeaCell® active fabrics with hydrogen peroxide. Fibers Polym 17, 1175–1180 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-016-6181-9

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