The redeposition of carbon black onto hydrophilic fiber (cotton) and/or hydrophobic fiber (nylon) has been studied in aqueous solutions of detergents ; these are sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), sodium silicate, sodium carbonate, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), and sodium sulfate.
The degree of redeposition of carbon black onto both cotton and nylon fibers were very small in aqueous SDS or CMC solutions because of cζ-potential values of carbon black or fibers due to the deposition of SDS or CMC onto them, and of structual effect of SDS or CMC. On the other hand, in various builders solutions, the redeposition of carbon black onto each fiber was dependent on their concentration. Moreover, the redeposition of carbon black was dependent on the thickness of the electrical double layer, and on both
VT, max of carbon black/fiber, and of carbon blacks in those aqueous solutions.
It is considered that increasing of the thickness of electrical double layer and of
VT, max between carbon blacks (and/or between carbon black and fiber) may play on important role to defend the deposition of carbon black onto fibers.
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