Research Article

Effects of Different Mordants on Silk Fabric Dyed with Onion Outer Skin Extracts

Table 4

Perspiration fastness of dyed fabrics.

Mordant typeColor Color staining to adjacent multifiber fabric
changeDi-acetateBleached cottonPolyamidePolyesterAcrylicWool
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No mordant (Reference dyed)4/5433/44444/53433/444
Fe3/433/44/52/3434/534342/34
Fe + Alum43/444/5333/43/43/43/43/43/43/43
Fe + Alum + Tin3/43/444/52/33/43434342/33/4
Alum43/4444/54/54/54/54/54/5444/54/5
Alum + CT3/44/54/544/54/54/54/54/54/5444/54/5
Alum + Tin43/43/44/53333/433/433/42/33
Tin3/4343/44/544/544/53/4434/54/5
Tin + CT44/53/43/44/54/53/44/53/44/54/534/54
Tannic acid (TA)4/53/44/52/34/53/44/544342/34/53/4
Alum + Tin + TA4/54/544/54/554/54/54/54/543/44/54/5
Tartaric acid443/43/44444/53/43334/54

: ratings when treated under acidic perspiration solution, while : under alkaline perspiration solution.