Evaluating Peracetic Acid Bleaching of Cotton as an Environmentally Safe Alternative to Hypochlorite Bleaching

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 475-480

  Gürsoy, Nevin Çiğdem ^a   Dayioğlu, Habip ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; CONCENTRATION; COTTON FABRIC; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TESTING;

EID: 0342656145     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750007000602     Document Type: Article

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