Photofading of acid azo dyes, C. I. Mordant Black 17 (RC), C. I. Acid Red 18 (3R) and C. I. Acid Red 88 (RO), on wool was investigated in the presence of a stilbene-type fluorescent brightening agent, C. I. FBA 90 (F
BS), by irradiating with a low pressure mercury lamp, a high pressure mercury lamp and a xenon lamp equipped with a Pyrex filter (lamp A, B and C, respectively), and the effect of the addition of nickel sulfate was examined. RC formed a nickel complex as revealed by the shift of the absorption maximum of the reflection spectrum of the dyed wool. F
BS depressed the fading of 3R and RO on irradiation with the lamp A, while it sensitized the fading of RC on irradiation with the lamp B. The nickel salt depressed the fading of the dyes and the degree of depression was in the order RC>3R, RO. The degradation of F
BS was depressed by the dyes. The effect was in the order RO>3R_??_RC.
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