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US 4,012,192 AGranted
Oxidation of vat or sulfur dyes with vanadate activated bromate or iodate
AssigneeOlin Corporation
InventorRichard L. Doerr
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Abstract
An improved process for oxidizing vat or sulfur dyes is provided wherein the reduced form of the dye is oxidized by contact with an aqueous oxidizing agent containing in combination (a) an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium bromate or iodate and (b) an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium vanadate, at least one of which is an alkaline earth metal salt.
Claims5
In a process for oxidizing vat or sulfur dyes present in reduced form on cotton or regenerated cellulose textile fibers by contacting said dye with an aqueous oxidant solution, the improvement wherein said aqueous oxidant solution consists essentially of
- a. 0.01-10% of an oxidizing agent comprising an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium bromate or iodate and
- b. 0.005 to 5% by weight of an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium vanadate and wherein at least one of (a) and (b) is an alkaline earth metal,
- c. the remainder water.
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