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Introduction:
The term “disperse dye” have been applied to the organic colouring substances which are free
from ionizing groups, are of low water solubility and are suitable for dyeing hydrophobic fibres.
The dye has derived its name for its insoluble aqueous properties and the need to apply it from
an aqueous dispersion. Of all the dyes, they are of the smallest molecular size.
Disperse dyes have substantivity for one or more hydrophobic fibres e.g. cellulose acetate,
nylon, polyester, acrylic and other synthetic fibers.
In 1922, Green and Saunders made one type of coloured azo compound, in which a solubilizing
group (for example- methyl sulphate, -CH2-SO3H) is attached to amino group. In dye bath, they
are slowly hydrolyzed and produce azo compound and formaldehyde bi sulphate. This free azo
compound was capable of dyeing cellulose acetate fibres. This dye was named “ionamine”. But
this ion amine did not give satisfactory result in dyeing.
Later in 1924, Baddiley and Ellis produced sulphoricinoleic acid (SRA) for dyeing acetate fibres.
This SRA was used as dispersing agent. Later it was seen that SRA was capable of dyeing Nylon,
polyester, acrylic etc. In 1953 this dye was named as “Disperse Dye”.
Disperse dyes are non-ionic dyes. So they are free from ionizing group
They are ready made dyes and are insoluble in water or have very low watr solubility.
Their solubility is at least 0.1gm/lit
They are organic colouring substances which are suitable for dyeing hydrophobic
fibres from colloidal dispersion.
Disperse dyes are used for dyeing man-made , ester-cellulose and synthetic fibres
specially acetic and polyester fibres and sometimes nylon and acrylic fibres. Carrier
or dispersing agent are required for dyeing with disperse dyes.
Disperse dyes have fair to good light fastness with rating about 4-5.
The wash fastness of disperse dyes are moderate to good with rating about
Disperse dyes have the ability to undergo sublimation that is they can be vaporized
without fastness or wash fastness for sublimation fastnes of disperse dyes the
following cause are responsible.
Small molecular size of dye suff.
No ionic group.
No sulphonated group Sublimation property of disperse dyes are used in
transfer printing. But it is a disadvantageris matter. Because excessive hot
ironing or pressing of disperse dyes/printed material may result in color loss.
Of all dyes stuffs disperse dyes are of the smallest molecular size.the size of dye
molecules are 2-3 nanometre.
Generally dispwrse dyes are derivative of azo, anthraquinone, nitro and quinine group.
Azo dyes:
Azo dyes are defined as compounds containing at least one azo group attached to sp2-
hybridized carbon atoms, such as benzene, naphthalene, thiazole and thiophene. Azo dyes are
by far the most important class and account for more than 50% of the total commercialized
disperse dyes in the world.
Some Common and Generic Names and stracture for Disperse Dyes
Disperse dye are mainly suitable for coloring hydrophobic fiber such as
1. cellulose , 2.tri-acetate ,
3. polyamide , 4. polyester ,
5.polyamide , 6.polyacrylo nitrile etc.
They have become especially important, for polyester fibres as they are widely used as a blends
with cotton, wool, or any other man madefibres . Disperse dyes are also used to color plastic
jwellery, PVC rods and PVC/ PES film.
b) Adsorption of the dissolved dye from the solution onto fibre surface: The dye adsorption by
the fibre is influenced by solubility of the dye in the dye bath. More the dissolved dyes in the
dye bath with aided by the dispersing agent, increase the dye adsorption onto the fibre surface.
c) Diffusion of the dye molecules from the fibre surface into the interior of the fibre substance
towards the centre: Heating of dye liquor swells the fibre to some extent and assists the dye to
penetrate the fibre polymer system. Thus the dye molecule takes place in the amorphous
region of the fibre polymer system. When the dye bath is cool down, then the dye molecules
are held (entrapped) by hydrogen bonds and van der waals’ force.
Recipe:
Dye:
-For light shade<0.5%
-For medium shade 0.5-1.5%
-For deep shade >1.5%
Carrier(Phenol) : 3 gm/lit
Acetic Acid: 1 gm/lit
Dispersing Agent: 2gm/lit
Salt: 1-2 gm/lit
PH: 4-4.5
M:L: 1:10
Time: 60 min
Tempurature: 90°C
Procedure:
1. At first, a paste of dye and dispersing agent is prepared and then water is added to it.
2. Dye bath is kept at 60°C temperature and all the chemicals along with the material are
added to it. Then the bath is kept for 15 min without raising the temperature.
3. pH of bath is controlled by acetic acid at 4-5.5.
4. Now temperature of dye bath is raised to 90°C and at that temperature the bath is kept
for 60 min.
5. Then temperature is lowered to 60°C and resist and reduction cleaning is done if
required. Reduction cleaning is done only to improve the wash fastness.
6. Material is again rinsed well after reduction cleaning and then dried.
Dyeing Curve:
Dyeing Curve
In high temperature dyeing method either material or liquor should circulate. Otherwise dye
molecules will not penetrate inside the material. They will stay on surface only. This method is
also known as pressure dyeing which is used for highly crystalline synthetic fibres and their
blends.
Recipe:
Lyogen DFT: 0.5 gm/lit
Sandozen PES: 1.0 gm/lit
Acetic Acid: 1 gm/lit
PH: 5.5-6.0
Temperature: 130°C
Time: 1 hr
Procedure:
1. At first a paste of dye and dispersing agent is prepared and water is added to it.
2. PH is controlled by adding acetic acid.
3. This condition is kept for 15 minutes at temperature 60°C.
4. Then the dye bath temperature is raised to 130°C and this temperature is maintained
for 1 hour. Within this time, dye is diffused in dye bath, adsorbed by the fibre and thus
required shade is obtained.
5. The dye bath is cooled as early as possible after dyeing at 60°C.
6. The fabric is hot rinsed and reduction cleaning is done if required.
7. Then the fabric is finally rinsed and dried.
Dyeing Curve:
Dyeing Curve
Recipe:
Dye: X gm/lit
Dispursing Agent: 2 gm/lit
Sodium Alginate Thickener: 5-10 gm/lit
Citric Acid to get PH: 4-5
Procedure:
1. At first the fabric is padded with dye solution using above recipe in a three bowl padding
mangle.
2. Then the fabric is dried at 100°C temperature in dryer. For dyeing, infra red drying
method is an ideal method by which water is evaporated from fabric in vapor form. This
eliminates the migration of dye particles.
3. Then the fabric is passed through thermasol unit where thermo fixing is done at about
205°C temp for 60-90 seconds depending on type of fibre, dye and depth of shade. In
thermasol process about 75-90% dye is fixed on fabric.
4. After thermo fixing the unfixed dyes are washed off along with thickener and other
chemicals by warm water.
5. Then soap wash or reduction cleaning is done if required. And finally the fabric is
washed.
Principal
The dyeing of hydrophobic fibres like polyester fibres with disperse dyes may be considered
as a process of dye transfer from liquid solvent (water) to a solid organic solvent
(fibre).Disperse dyes are added to water with a surface active agent to form an aqueous
dispersion. The insolubility of disperse dyes enables them to leave the dye liquor as they are
more substantive to the organic fibre than to the inorganic dye liquor. The application of heat
to the dye liquor increases the energy of dye molecules and accelerates the dyeing of textile
fibres.
Carriers Method
Recipe:
Dye = 2% on the weight of fabric
Dispersing agent = 2 g/L
Carrier (Phenol) = 3 g/L
Acetic acid = 1 g/L
M: L = 1:30
Calculation:
Dyeing Curve:
Procedure :
According to dyeing curve at first auxiliaries and water are added in the dye bath. kept for 5
minute.
Adding salt dye bath is heated to 400-500C kept for 20-30 minutes.
Adding alkali the dye bath is heated for 40-60 minute at 50-60 0C.
This is the fixation period.
After treatment :
1. The material is treated with a 1g/L soap solution, which removes the unfixed dye from
fabric surface, and makes the surface clean.
2. Material is treated with a hot water bath.
3. Material is treated with a cold-water bath.
4. Finally the material is dried in a drier.15
Dispersing agent:
Disperse dye produce dispersion in water. To uniform dyeing bath should be stable dispersion
& this is why a special chemical is used in dye bath named dispersing agent. They should be
effective under dyeing condition, stable to hard water, high temperature & other dyeing
assistants.Disperse dye are smallest dye. They form aggregation when they are applied to the
bath. They produce a lamp & create a large size particle. This could not enter inside the polymer
so dye particle should be individualized to enter inside the fiber. So dispersing agent is added. It
separates the particle & produces dispersion in the dye bath.
The possible different crystal forms of disperse dyes have beensuggested to influence the
saturation values achieved on polyester, due to differences in thevapour pressure and
solubility of the different forms of dye in both water and fibre(Biedermann, 1971, 1972).
Dispersing agent
Disperse dyes are sparingly soluble in water and often crystalline with varying particle
size.These characteristics are inadequate for dispersing the dyes in water and cause
unleveldyeing. In order to achieve the required particle size and distribution (Heimanns, 1981),
thedisperse dye is milled, usually in the presence of a dispersing agent (Derbyshire et al, 1972).
The aqueous solubility of disperse dye particles in a dispersion increases with decreasingparticle
size (Kenneth & Skelly, 1973). Thus an increase in the severity of milling thataccompanies a
reduction in the particle size of the dye enhances the solubility andadsorption of disperse dye.
pH of dyebath
In the commercial dyeing of polyester fibres with disperse dyes, dyeing is carriedout within the
pH range 5.5 to 6.5. Strongly alkaline or acidic conditions, such as higher thanpH 9 and lower
than pH 4, induce hydrolysis of the fibre as well as decomposition of azodisperse dyes (Nunn,
1979). In the case of high temperature dyeing, this degradation ofpolyester fibre and dye is
accelerated.
The substantivity of disperse dyes towards polyester fibres is one of the most critical factorsin
determining dyeing behaviour and there have been many studies carried out to evaluatethe
substantivity of disperse dyes towards hydrophobic fibres, including polyester, in orderto select
suitable dyes. These attempts include the ‘Solubility Parameter Concept’(Ingamells, 1990) and
‘IOR (Inorganic/Organic) values’ (Kim et al, 2003).
Temperature
The adsorption and diffusion of disperse dyes on polyester are greatly influenced by
temperature as an increase in temperature increases the mobility of the polymer chains in the
amorphous regions of the fibre. For the dye-hydrophobic fibre system, the affinity of the
disperse dye decreases with increase in dyeing temperature while the saturation value of the
dye in the fibre increases with increasing temperature (Bird et al, 1959; White, 1960). Heat
setting changes the morphology of the polyester fibres. When fabrics of polyester are heat set
in air under conditions of free shrinkage, the dye exhaustion first decreases and then increase
with increasing setting temperature.
Fibre fineness
Much attention has been given recently to dyeing microfibres. In a broad sense, especially
inEurope, the term microfiber means fine fibers of less than 1.0 denier. However, in SouthKorea
and Japan, where fine-fibre technology is more advanced, fine fibres of 0.04–0.4denier class are
generally used in this filament area (Koh et al, 2006).18
Reduction Clearing:
As disperse dyes have limited solubility in water, some particulate disperse dye may still be
blocked on the fibre surface after the completion of dyeing. The usual practical procedure for
removing this unwanted dye is called reduction cleaning. A typical reduction clearing recipe is
given below.
Detergent 1g/l
Caustic soda 2g/l
Hydrose 2g/l
Temp. 78°C
Time 20 min
Then cold rinse followed by hot wash and neutralized
Recent requirements in disperse dyeing technology:
Environmental issues have been gaining importance in all aspects of industrial production
(McCarthy, 1998), and various legislative requirements have emerged with increasing regularity
to reduce the impact of dyeing processes on the environment. In response, the industry has
been forced to become increasingly innovative in order to develop new products and practices
that are more environmentally friendly than existing ones (Lewis, 1999). Therefore, innovation
and developments in color chemistry and dyeing will allow the colorist to meet ever-increasing
environmental restrictions, produce novel effects, and reduce processing costs (Leadbetter &
Leaver, 1989). The demand for environmentally friendly dyes with high wet fastness on
polyester is increasing, and the so-called alkali-clearable disperse dyes suggest a promising new
direction (Fig. 8). These alkali-clearable disperse dyes obviate the need for sodium
hydrosulphite and significantly reduce the cost of effluent treatment (Koh & Greaves, 2001).
Recently, these types of dye have become technically important for the coloration of polyester
and its cellulosic blends. They perform well on international standard and commercial wash
fastness test (such as ISO C06 C2S) (Choi, 1999). To achieve acceptable levels of wet fastness
after post-heat treatment, the development of modern disperse dyes must be directed towards
satisfying a number of needs. Firstly, new dyes need to be tailored towards satisfying shorter,
more easily reproducible and more economical dyeing processes. Secondly, with the increasing
use of polyester and polyester blends in sports and leisurewear, there is a clear demand for
dyes of higher wet fastness. Indeed this requirement has become even more important with
the introduction of polyester microfibres, where higher depths of shade have to be dyed in
order to obtain the same visual yield as with conventional polyester fibre. Finally, the
development of new disperse dyes must take into account the effect that effluent from the
dyeing process will have on the environment, and aim to minimize such pollution. These
objectives are not mutually exclusive but interrelated; they must all be taken into account in
any dye development program (Leadbetter & Leaver, 1989).