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  2. Rit (dye) - Wikipedia

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    Rit is an American brand of dye first sold in 1916. It is owned by Nakoma Products. [1] [2] [3] Rit is a commercial dye used for household purposes, including dyeing clothes and wood. It is sold in solid and powdered forms. The items being dyed are soaked with Rit in hot water. [4] Cloth dyed with Rit can be undyed with Rit Color Remover. [4]

  3. Reactive dye - Wikipedia

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    (NCCl) 3 + dye-NH 2 → N 3 C 3 Cl 2 (NHdye) + HCl. The resulting dichlorotriazine can then be affixed to the cellulose fibre by displacement of one of the two chloride groups: [citation needed] N 3 C 3 Cl 2 (NHdye) + HO-cellulose → N 3 C 3 Cl(NHdye)(O-cellulose) + HCl. The fixation process is conducted in a buffered alkaline dye bath ...

  4. Colour fastness - Wikipedia

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    Colour fastness is a term—used in the dyeing of textile materials—that characterizes a material's colour's resistance to fading or running.Colour fastness is the property of dyes and it is directly proportional to the binding force between photochromic dye and the fibre.

  5. Synthetic colorant - Wikipedia

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    The late 1850s saw the introduction of the first modern synthetic dyes, which brought more color and variety of color to Europe. In addition to being multi-varied and extraordinarily intense, these new dyes were notoriously unstable, rapidly fading and turning when exposed to sunlight, washing, and other chemical or physical agents.

  6. Laundry detergent - Wikipedia

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    The development of bleach activators in the 1970s and 1980s allowed for cooler washing temperatures to be effective. These compounds, such as tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED), react with hydrogen peroxide to produce peracetic acid, which is an even more effective bleach, particularly at lower temperatures. [4]

  7. Bleach - Wikipedia

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    Clorox brand bleach Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove color from (i.e. to whiten) fabric or fiber (in a process called bleaching) or to disinfect after cleaning.

  8. Triarylmethane dye - Wikipedia

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    Triarylmethane dyes can be grouped into families according to the nature of the substituents on the aryl groups. In some cases, the anions associated with the cationic dyes (say crystal violet) vary even though the name of the dye does not. Often it is shown as chloride.

  9. Textile bleaching - Wikipedia

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    Early method of bleaching cotton and linen goods on lawns A bleach worker. The textile bleaching (or bleaching of textiles) is one of the steps in the textile manufacturing process. The objective of bleaching is to remove the natural color for the following steps such as dyeing or printing or to achieve full white. [1]