The diffusion properties of disperse dyes for nylon 6 and PET films were studied in terms of the apparent diffusion coefficients D and surface dye-concentrations Cs. The roll films5) of nylon 6 and PET were dyed in the dye aqueous solution in presence and absence of a surfactant.
Five disperse dyes; i.e., C. I. Disperse Red 1, Yellow 1, Violet 1, Blue 1 and paminoazobenzene were used after careful purification. Sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS), sodium 2-naphthalene sulfonate-formaldehyde condensates (Disol) and polyoxyethylene dodecylether (LT-20) were chosen as the representatives of anionic and non-ionic surfactants.
Dyeing conditions were as follows: dye concentration; 20mg/l, dyeing temperature; 90°C, dyeing time 25-50min. for nylon 6 film and 25-109hours for PET film, surfactant concentration; 0-4.3g/l.
The results obtained are as follows:
1. For each dye, the surfactant has no remarkable effect on the absorption spectra of both nylon 6 and PET dyed films.
2. In most cases, surface dye-concentrations Cs of each dye in nylon 6 and PET films are found to decrease with increasing concentration of each surfactant.
3. It was found that the diffusion coefficients D of each dye in nylon 6 and PET films are independent of the surfactant concentration in the dye bath, i.e., in spite of the presence of surfactants in dye bath, the diffusion coefficient of each dye in the film is almost the same as that of the dye without the surfactant.
From these results, it may be assumed that the dye-surfactant complex or the dye solubilized into micell of the surfactant in the dye bath are not taken up by the films, and that the addition of the surfactant in the dye bath leads to diminish the effective concentration of the dye for dyeing.
Thus the authors suppose that the process of diffusion of the dyes with and without surfactants in dye bath could be the same.
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