Minerals

The most widely known mineral in the textile

industry is sodium silicate as a mineral stabilizer
for hydrogen peroxide bleaching

 L.N.’s challenge: look for other minerals with the

good properties of sodium silicate and with
success!!

Clay minerals have been selected on the specific

characteristics and formulated in new auxiliaries for
the textile industry
 A selection of high quality
minerals for excellent results
 In hydrogen peroxide
bleaching, both continuously and
discontinuously
 In continuous desizing of
synthetics
 In post scouring reactive
dyed and printed cellulosics
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Amongst the big number of minerals, clays have
very useful characteristics for textile
applications
Some clay-classifications:
Kaolin (Aluminium: “China clay”)
Semectite (Aluminium + Magnesium)
Hormite (more Iron)
Some exceptional properties of clay:
o Thickening agents in paints
o Oil and dirt absorber
o Absorber of inks in e.g. paper industry
o Stabilizer for hydrogen peroxide bleaches
o Softening agents in household products
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All these classes (and many sub-classes) have
different characteristics
Because of this different special industrial applications
e.g. paper coating
In the past clays were used by Indian and Egyptian
women to clean and smoothen their faces and to
shampoo their hair. Clay masks and still popular!
The clay structure is based on sheets
By separating these sheets e.g. by stirring, a very big
surface is created
This surface (till 800 M2 per gram) makes it possible to
absorb all kind of components like dirt, oil, greases etc.
This gives an unique detergency effect
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 Clay mainly consists of SiO2 and Al2O3
 Other ions may be present Mg, Ca, Fe, Li,
Mn,…..
 Some clays can stabilize H2O2 bleaches
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One of the new applications for clays is as
a one-shot product for the discontinuous
bleaching applications
It is based on this mineral technology
A clay based multifunctional auxiliary for the
discontinuous bleaching of cotton with
hydrogen peroxide on jets, winches and
overflows
Prescouring of PES/EL and PA/EL
Alternative for the ecologically unfriendly
hypochlorite bleach
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Excellent hydrogen peroxide stabilizer
Unique wash performance
Good wetting out of the fabric
Excellent lubrification properties
Low foaming; no defoamer required
Ecologically very friendly
Gives fabric a smooth handle
 Why Should One Use Altranol GEO
Altranol GEO allows almost 35% reduction in the BOD & COD levels
in the wash effluent

Altranol GEO further reduces the COD/BOD levels by

eliminating/reducing the need for additional auxiliaries in treatment
baths i.e. wetting agents, chelating agents, surfactants, lubricants &
defoamers.

The effluent of treated textiles is easily & readily treated by

flocculating, precipitating or filtering the natural clays & its
adsorbed /precipitated contaminants, which are removed by any
standard separation technique like filtering etc.

The resultant effluent is significantly more environmentally

acceptable than current effluents containing organic components &
inorganic contaminants.
 Why Should One Use Altranol GEO
Altranol GEO, besides reducing pollution due to lower BOD & COD
levels, also results in lower volatile organic chemicals(VOC’s)
Altranol GEO is an outstanding lubricating agent providing a softer
hand for treated textile goods
Altranol GEO is non-foaming & extremely effective in removing
processing oils & excess auxiliaries & other impurities from the
substrates. Treated substrates are cleaner which improves dyeability &
dye penetration resulting in increased colour yields of 10~30%
Altranol GEO is suitable for processing all textile materials i.e. all
fibres, filament, yarns, fabric & all products made from them. They
include textured & non textured filaments & yarns, woven, knitted or
non-woven fabrics.
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Bleach for dyeing indication recipe:
95-98ºC during 20-30 minutes:
1-2 ml/l Altranol-GEO
2-3 g/l Caustic flakes
2-5 ml/l Hydrogen peroxide 35%
Neutralize peroxide with Quench-PN
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Bleach for whites indication recipe:
1-3 ml/l Altranol-GEO
2-3, 5g/l Caustic flakes
6-10 ml/l Hydrogen peroxide 35%
X % Optical brightening agent
95-110ºC during 90-30 minutes
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Some practical results:
Cotton on winches 95ºC – 60 mins;
Customer’s standard: LNCI
Basic white : 84 85
Total white : 155 158
S-factor : 0.36 0.32
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Practical results continued:
Knitted Cotton/EL on Thie jet
Customer’s standard: LNCI
Basic white : 72 77
Total white : 144 156
S-factor : 0.2 0.1
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Other experiences:
Jig bleaching applications
Bleaching of Cotton on X-cones
Discontinuous bleaching of Linen
Prescour PA/EL
Prescour PES/EL
Etc…………..