Brain storming on the chemicals used in textile industry

BRAIN STORMING ON

CHEMICALS USED IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY

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Textile Chemicals

Global textile chemicals market is projected to grow at a CAGR of over 3% during 2015-20.

Per capita textile consumption is going to increase over the years. And there is a high demand for textile chemicals and products.

Moreover, increasing industrialization, surging consumption of textile in engineered products, and rapidly rising awareness about the benefits of using technical textile in workplace, are anticipated to propel the global textile industry, thereby driving global textile chemicals market over the next five years.

Source: TechSci Research, June 19, 2015

What are Textile Chemicals??

Textile chemicals are used during the processing of the textiles to impart strength, colour, texture, silkiness, and so on.

Textile : It is a type of fabric woven from artificial and natural fibers

Textiles are of several types : animal (wool, silk) , plant (cotton, jute ), mineral, and synthetic.

Most fabrics are prepared using “wet processing”, that is they use liquid to accomplish the process which leads to some sort of chemical action to the textile. There are a series of innumerable intermediate steps to reach the final fabric, and each one of it has complex variables for which a special chemical component is applied. “

Classification

Auxiliary textile chemicals

Textile Chemicals

Finishers

Auxiliary Textile Chemicals

These cover a wide range of chemicals, from natural fibres cleaner and soothing agents to easy care property improvers .

Complexing agents : Which form stable water soluble complexes

Surfactants: which decreases the surface tension of water, such that oils and grease can be removed easily.

Wetting agents: which speeds up the penetration of finishing liquors.

Sequestering agents

Dispersing agents

Emulsifiers

Textile Chemicals

Dyes

Dye- protective agents

Fixing agents

Levelling agents

pH regulators

Carriers

UV absorbers

acids, bases and salts : basic chemicals

Examples include:

1. Starching : to make the cloth wrinkle free and stain resistant

2. Formaldehyde finish : To promote crease resistance

3. Using nanomaterials: to impart different types of resistances

FinishersSpecial chemicals or materials added in the end of the process to obtain special characteristics.

NOTE: The chemicals now produced are highly specific and the manufacturers keep “eco-friendly” in mind always.

Spinning Weaving

Crocheting Knotting

Types of Textile Processes

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