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OFTENERS have gained xid amine condensation products
great importance in textilefin- nological properties such as anti- 1,2,3,41. Hardened tallow fatty ac-
ishing; almost no piece of tex- static, hydrophilic properties, elas- ds which contain equal parts of stea-
tileleaves the production facilities ticity, sewability, abrasion resis- in and palmitine acid, are normally
without being treated with a soft- tance etc. ised as fatty acids. Technical oil
ener. This softening treatment is to * It gives synthetic fibres a certain icids may be used in special cases.
give the textiles the desired handle, degree of natural feeling and im- Iepending on the kind of amines
make further processing easier and prove the handling properties ind the applied quantities of fatty
improve the handling properties. A through secondary effects (anti- icids, either non-ionic or cationic
nice, soft handle is often the deci- static, smoothness, moisture wbstances result, whereas quater-
sive criterion for buying a textile and regulation etc.). iary compounds of fatty acid amine
is therefore of most vital importance :ondensates can be achieved
for marketing many textiles. Softening agents are also pro- hrough a further synthese step
cessing aids for raising, Sanforizing, quaternerization). Amphoteric com-
A Softener's main purpose is to sewing or re-winding yarns which ,ounds are often achieved through
improve the aesthetic properties of cannot be overlooked or are abso- :onversion of suitable fatty acid
textiles lutely necessary for further process- Imine condensates with sodium
ing. A fully developed product which :hlorineacetate. Anionic compounds
* It gives the fabric the desired lave a special status here: they are
complies with the demands the
handle; usually with imaginative market calls for, must also fulfill lormally produced through
descriptions such as soft, full, many characteristics (Figure 1). ulphatization or phosphatization of
super soft, smooth, elastic, firm, m y compounds.
It goes without saying that one or
Fig. 1: Desirable properties t w o products cannot cover all these Through the introduction of sili-
of textile softeners demands. one chemistry for textile finishing,
unctional polysiloxanes have their
easy handling (liquid, pumpable, Compromises must be made or - irm place in the finishing agent
stable dilution) and this is surely the better solution-
good compatibility to chemicals, mge. All silicones are based on an
optimized products for each field of lternating Si-0-polymer structure.
easy to combine
stable to high temperatures, application must be chosen. This
not volatile by water vapour explains the large selection of textile
Fig. 2: Classification of
no yellowing softening agents found on the mar- textile softeners according to
> no effect on fastnesses ket. their ionogenity
> no colour shade changes
F low foaming, stable to shearing, Ionic activity Electric charge
no deposits on rollers Features of the softening nonionic no charge
regular and complete bath exhaust
> sprayable agent chemistry slighily cationic at acid pH's slightly
> not toxic, not caustic, not corroslve (pseudo cationic) positive
Textile softeners are usually mar-
* easlly biodegradable
keted as water emulsions with a
cationic at acid pH's very
positive
dermatologically harmless
no restriction for transport and
solid content between 15 and 25%. quatemay positive no matter
storing (flash point) Besides the additives, a marketable of pH
product also contains non-ionicemul- amphoteric dependent on pH
sifiers or at least non-ionic dispers- slightly negatlve to
For further information of CHT German
slightly posltive
Products, please contact: ing agents to achieve a good chemi-
CHT(lndia) Pvt. Ltd.. Fax: 022-2040393 anlonlc negative
cal stability (salt stability). To opti-
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molecular weight and on the other I Nonionic fatty acid condensate RCON’
‘C~H~OH
’
C H OOCR
Amide eater
handthrough different functional side I H N/CZH4NHC0R
groups in the polymers. The amino ~ Cationic fatty acid condensate
‘C ~ ~ N H C O R Amide eater with free,
functional polysiloxanes have be- protonatable amino group
come the most important product “3‘$, c2H40 ‘OR
HO-CH~-H~C’ ‘C~H~OCOR
Quaternaryfatty acid ester
group[5] within the textile softening
agents. 0 CH3
@I 0
Amphoteric fatty acid condensate R ~ c ~ ~ N H ~ - C 3 H 6 ~ N ~ c H 2 ~Betaine
I c00
Besides the amino functional
~
CHJ
polysiloxanes, ethoxylatedl
propoxilated silicones as well as
Aminofunctional polyslloxane,
those with epoxifunctionality have -
CH3 terminated
CH3 CH3
also become important.
HN- C z H 4 - NHZ
m
Figure 3 shows some formula amlnoethylamlnopropylfunctlonalsiloxane
examples of softener additives.
Fig. 3: Simple formula examples for active substances of softeners
Softener additives carbon chain Fig. 5: Loading of the fibre and the softener
Products based on pure fattyacid length of C24 to
amine condensates are being used C32.Paraffinswith Fibre Electric charge Preferred ionogentty
less and less in daily work. Modern a shorter C-chain of the softener
softener agents contain special ad- vapourises rapidly, Cotton negative cationic
ditives (Figure 4) besides emulsified whereas those Wool (neutral) slightly negative cationic
fatty acid amine condensates which with longer chains Wool (acid) slightly positive anionic
allow for much better effects and a can be converted PA (neutral) slightly negative cationic
much broader application field (2.3). t o usable emul- PA (acid) slightly positive anionic
sions only under PAC negative cationic
Fatty acid esters (e.g. glycerine pressure. PES
ester) or waxes (e.g. carnuba wax) PP
are often applied as additives. The substance
classes of polyethylene is a further Last but not the least, silicones
Paraffins are well known for their additive worth mentioning. Mainly are often applied as additives t o for-
application in smoothening agents. secondary emulsions of oxidized mulate multifunctional softeners.
Very interesting are paraffins with a polyethylene waxes are used here.
Application of textile
RCOO-C~ softeners in practise
Fatty acid estcr I waxes C%-OH Giycerinmonostearate
CHZ-OH Nort-ionic softeners
Nonionic softeners do not carry
any electrical charge and therefore
Paraff ines HaC-(CHz) - Gi3 n-Alkane do not possess any distinctive
substantivity. Such products are
OH
applied by means of forced applica-
Polyethylene oxidated HD-PE-wax
tion. i.e. usually in padding mangle
procedures. Non-ionic softeners can
be combined universally, are stable
to temperature and do not yellow.
Silicone
This is the reason why this product
class is perfect for finishing optically
brightened high-white articles. The
Fig. 4: Simple formula examples for softener additives
soft handle of pure non-ionic prod-
UCJS is only average.
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