The penetration of acid dyes in silk fibroin gut with circular cross section was studied. The dye penetration coefficient (
p) was determined by measuring the penetration distance (
X) in dyed gut section by means of a microspectrophotometer using the following equation,
where
t is the dyeing time.
The results obtained were as follows:
(1) The penetration distance was proportionate to the square root of dyeing time except for prolonged dyeing.
(2) The penetration distance was affected remarkably by dyeing temperature, and also was very much dependent on dye species. However, in the apparent activation energy of penetration, there was no large difference among the dyes giving 6-8kcal/mol.
(3) The penetration coefficients of A. Orange 7, A. Food Yellow 3 and A. Red 18 increased with the decrease in dye-bath pH, but the coefficient of A. Red 88 remained unchanged. The penetration coefficient of A. Red 18 increased with the dye concentration in the dye-bath.
(4) For dyes having the same sulphonic acid group number, the penetration coefficients decreased with increasing molecular weight or the number of atoms, or with decreasing inorganic/organic ratio of the dyes.
Comparison of the penetration coefficients of the dyes with the same bone structure, indicated that the coefficient decreased with the number of sulphonic acid groups, the extent of which were much different for pH above or below 4.0.
(5) If great care is taken in uniform thickness of cross sections, it was found possible to obtain the diffusion coefficient
D(
c) through this experimental technique. The diffusion coefficient of A. Red 18 was observed to be dependent on dye concentration within the gut.
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