Ascorbic acid treatment to improve the light fastness or as reducing agent on silk fabric dyed with pulverised natural dyes

Purpose – This study aims to improve the natural dyeing recipe with better light fastness using ascorbic acid (vitamin C) with pulverised plant dyes. Design/methodology/approach – Silk fabrics pre-mordanted with alum (aluminium ammonium sulphate) were dyed using six types of plant dyes available...

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Main Authors: Faiz, F.A, Ngo, J. S. K, Bujang, K.B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13712/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13712/1/Ascorbic%20acid%20treatment%20to%20improve%20the%20light%20fastness%20%28abstract%29.pdf