Composition and method for treating fibrous material
Abstract
Abstract A COMPOSITION FOR TRETING SEED COTTON PREPARATORY FOR GINNING, AS BY WAY OF A FOG OR MIST DURING ITS PASSAGE FROM THE CLEANING OPERATIONS, TO PREVENT DETERIORATION THEREOF DURING THE GINNING PROCESS AND TO PRESERVE THE STAPLE AND LUSTER OF THE FIBERS, AND THUS IMPROVE THE PRODUCT AS TO MARKETABILITY AND SPINNING QUALITIES IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY WHERE UNIFORMITY IN FIBER LENGTHS IS IMPORTANT. ONE CONSTITUENT OF THE COMPOSITION IS A CATIONIC SURFACE ACTIVE AGENT OF THE ALKYL IMIDAZOLINE CLASS CONTAINING HYDROCARBON SUBSITUENTS DERIVED FROM ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FATS AND CONVERTED TO AN IONIC SALT BY REACTION WITH ALKYL SULFATE, MINIMIZING OR ELIMINATING STATIC ELECTRICITY AND THEREBY REDUCING FIRE HAZARDS AND THE TENDENCY OF THE ADHERENCE OF STICKS AND TRASH TO THE LINT COTTON. A SECOND CONSTITUENT IS A LUBRICATION CONSTITUENT SUCH AS AN AMINE HALIDE.
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- 👤 J Nayfa
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