Microwave Irradiation as A New Novel Dyeing of Polyamide 6 Fabrics by Reactive Dyes

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Faculty of Applied Arts, Textile Printing, Dyeing and Finishing Department, Benha University, Benha, Egypt

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Polyamide fabric was dyed with Reactive dyes using microwave irradiation at different temperatures, different duration of time, different dye concentration and different pH. The color strength K/S, tensile strength and elongation of the obtained dyeing fabrics were measured. Scanning electron microscope results showed that dyeing samples by using microwave irradiation is better than that dyeing with conventional method on polyamide fabrics surface. Fastness properties to light, rubbing, washing and perspiration for the dyed samples were measured and the Fastness properties of the fabrics by using microwave irradiation were found to be the same as conventional dyed fabrics with observed short time. The results showed that the microwave technique used for dyeing polyamide 6, fabrics had many advantages from save time, energy and money. In addition, the dyeing of polyamide 6 with reactive dye by using microwave irradiation introduced as new method.

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