Chemicals Used in Textile Industry

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Categorization of chemicals

Auxiliary textile chemicals:

Textile chemicals

Finishers

Auxiliary textile chemicals

This category covers a wide range of chemicals, from natural fibres cleaner and soothing agents to easy care property improvers. It includes chemicals like

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

Other details

If you have a look in AATC (American Association of Textile Chemists and Colourists) Buyer’s guide, you can see a list of 2000 chemical ( used by global textile chemical manufacturers ) specialties categorized in over 100 headings for sale, which does not include dyes. The chemicals now produced are highly specific and the manufacturers keep “eco-friendly” in mind always.

We know chemicals are necessary to have certain properties in the final product, like PBDE’s for fire retardants, PFOA’s for stain protection, formaldehyde resins for crease resistance. But these chemicals have been proven to cause genetic mutation in mammals, thus carcinogenic. Do we have any other options? Can we have these effects in our final product without keeping our life at risk?

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