Drimaren_Dark_Blue HF-CD

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Drimaren® Dark Blue HF-CD cdgEconomical dark blue element with excellent all-round fastness properties

Close to you

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Drimaren Dark Blue HF-CD cdg is a reactive dye for cellulosic fibres and their blends that ismainly recommended for pad batch and all continuous dyeing processes, but is also suitable for exhaust application.This new product is recommended for medium to dark shades, where high light fastness is required and Drimaren Aquamarine HF-CD cdg or Drimaren Blue HF-RL cdg becomes uneconomical.

Drimaren Dark Blue HF-CD cdg is a trichromatic element combining good chlorine and peroxide fastness with high stability to atmospheric pollutants and high light fastness. The robust dyeing and high fastness performance make Drimaren Dark Blue HF-CD cdg the perfect trichromy element in combination with yellow and red elements from the Drimaren HF and CL ranges.

The particular advantages of Drimaren Dark Blue HF-CD cdg are:

- Very high degree of fixation

- Excellent washing off properties

- Shade stable to fluctuations in fixation times (batching, steaming, thermofixation)- Very good pad liquor stability

- Meets all modern fastness requirements

- high process reliability

Properties

- Trichromatic element for medium and dark shades in combination with Drimaren Yellow HF-CD cdg and Drimaren Dark Red HF-CD cdg when chlorine and light fastness are required.

- Trichromatic element for medium to dark shades in combination with Drimaren Yellow HF-CD cdg and Drimaren Red HF-CD cdg for high light fastness in medium shades.

- Good light fastness in medium shades and high light fastness in dark shades.- Excellent stability to atmospheric pollutants (nitrogen oxide, ozone).- Very good diffusion and levelling properties.- Fully compatible with all elements of the Drimaren HF and CL ranges.

Drimaren Dark Blue HF-CD cdg

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Positioning

For dyeing medium to deep shades when light fastness requirements cannot be met using a navy component and where recipe cost becomes an issue with a conventional lightfast blue dye.

Meets the highest retailer fastness demands for light, chlorine, US home laundering and washing fastness to detergents containing a bleaching activator (e.g. M&S C10A).

Recommended for exhaust, pad batch and all continuous dyeing processes.

Recommended where fastness to atmospheric pollutants (gas fading) is an issue.

2.25% bleached cotton knit, Isothermal 60°C, LR 10:1

32 g/l bleached cotton renforcé, Pad batch, PU 65%

19 g/l mercerised cotton renforcé, Pad batch, PU 65%

1/1 SD

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Chlorine and light fastness positioning of common navy and blue elements at 1/1 SD

3.5

1.0

2.5

3.0

4.0

4.5

5.0

3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0

Sumifix Supra Blue BRF

2.0

1.5

Chl

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g/l a

ctiv

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CI,

ISO

105

/E03

Xenon light fastness, ISO 105/B02 (blue scale 1–8)

Remazol Blue RGB


Drimaren Blue HF-2BNovacron Dark Blue S-GL

Remazol Navy RGB

Sumifix Supra Navy Blue BF

Novacron Blue C-D

Drimaren Navy HF-BDrimaren Navy HF-GNNovacron Navy C-BN

Drimaren Blue HF-RLLevafix Blue CA

Novacron Blue C-R

C.I. RBk 005

Sumifix Supra Navy Blue E-XF

Sumifix Supra Blue E-XF Everzol Blue ED

Novacron Dark Blue W-R

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Pad liquor stability

1.20 g/l Drimaren Yellow HF-CD1.20 g/l Drimaren Red HF-CD2.41 g/l Drimaren Dark Blue HF-CD8.0 ml/l Caustic Soda 36°Bé

50.0 ml/l Sodium silicate 38°Bé

Bleached cotton renforcé, Pad batch process, 16 hour batch

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Drimaren Dark Blue HF-CD cdgInfluence of fixation time

19.8 g/l Drimaren Yellow HF-CD17.2 g/l Drimaren Red HF-CD6.90 g/l Drimaren Dark Blue HF-CD

18.0 ml/l Caustic Soda 36°Bé50.0 ml/l Sodium silicate 38°Bé

Bleached cotton renforcé, Pad batch process

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Face to back shade variation

Face

Back

CMC = 0.92

100% cotton gabardine, mercerised & emerised

1.17 g/l Drimaren Yellow HF-CD0.44 g/l Drimaren Red HF-CD0.32 g/l Drimaren Dark Blue HF-CD7.0 ml/l Caustic Soda 36°Bé


Pad batch process, 16 hour batch

Tailing behaviour

CMC = 083

End

Start1.17 g/l Drimaren Yellow HF-CD0.44 g/l Drimaren Red HF-CD0.32 g/l Drimaren Dark Blue HF-CD7.0 ml/l Caustic Soda 36°Bé


100% cotton gabardine, mercerisedPad batch process, 16 hour batch

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Drimaren Dark Blue HF-CD cdgFastness

1/1 SD, pad batch process, mercerised cotton gabardine

Light ISO 105/B02

Unexposed Exposed

Rating 5

Rating 4Standard

Chlorinated water 20 mg/l ISO 105/E03

Oxidative bleach damage M&S C10A

Rating 4-5Standard

Nitrogen oxide ISO 105/G01

Rating 4-5Standard

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Migration in the salt phase at 1/1 SD

A = 41%

M = 4.3

Type A B C

Rating 5Diffusion at 1/1 SD

0 15 135 150 min

50ºC

60ºC

x g/l Dyestuff60 g/l Glaubers Salt

0 30 60

A + B A C B + C

60ºC

80 g/l Common saltDyestuff

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Drimaren Dark Blue HF-CD cdgWashing off behaviour

1/1 SD, exhaust process, 60°C isothermal, cotton knit bleached, LR 10:1

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Drimaren Dark Blue HF-CD cdgLight Fastness


Atlas Ci35-AATCC 16E

Atlas Ci35-A ISO 105 B02

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Drimaren Dark Blue HF-CD cdgWet Light Fastness


M&S C9A 3h

ISO 105 B04 16h

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Drimaren Dark Blue HF-CD cdgWet Fastness


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