Science & Justice
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 55-58, June 2010

The kinetics of colour change in textiles and fibres treated with detergent solutions:

Part II — Spectrophotometric measurements

  • Jolanta Was-Gubala

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Research, Westerplatte 9, 31-033 Krakow, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Edyta Grzesiak

      Affiliations

    • Dyes and Organic Products Department, Institute for Engineering of Polymer Materials and Dyes, Zgierz, Chemikow 2/4, 95-100 Zgierz, Poland

Received 13 February 2009; received in revised form 15 May 2009; accepted 21 May 2009. published online 15 June 2009.

Abstract 

The aim of this study was to assess colour variations that occur in several types of textiles and their constituent fibres, resulting from the long-term influence of various laundry detergents. A 14-day experiment was conducted using blue, red and grey/black cotton, wool, acrylic and polyester textiles. The spectrophotometric measurement of colour changes in fabric samples and test solutions, as well as the microspectrophotometric analysis of colour changes in single fibres were described. An evaluation of the observed colour changes from a forensic fibre analysis expert's point of view, as well as that of an average user/consumer of the textiles and laundry detergents is also provided.

Keywords: Textile, Fibres, Detergents, Spectrophotometry, Microspectrophotometry

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PII: S1355-0306(09)00091-4

doi:10.1016/j.scijus.2009.05.002

Science & Justice
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 55-58, June 2010

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