Dyeing of Linen Fabrics in Supercritical CO2 Using a Reverse Micellar System with Ionic Liquid Domains

Abstract

ABSTRACT In order to realize the anhydrous dyeing of linen fabric with reactive dyes in supercritical CO2, a supercritical CO2 ionic liquid reverse micelle system was constructed, and the dyeing process of linen fabric in this system was studied. In this system, linen fabric can be dyed with reactive dyes without special pretreatment. The results show that the dyeing depth of linen fabric can be significantly improved by increasing the amount of surfactant. With the increase in temperature, the dyeing depth first increases and then decreases. The dyeing pressure displays little effect on the dyeing depth. After dyeing, there are a lot of floating colors on the surface of the fabric. Increasing the temperature and prolonging the dyeing time are conducive to dye fixation on the fabric. Adding a certain amount of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) to the system can improve the dyeing performance significantly. In this paper, the best dyeing conditions of linen fabric are as follows: w, 1.2; surfactant conc. 3.5 × 10−2 g/mL; T, 90°C; t, 180 min; p, 21MPa; DMSO concentration, 76.8 mmol/L.