Washfastness

The wash-fastness is a measure of how tightly a dye to a textile fiber adheres or tissue. Sometimes the dye is washed out. A well-known example is the denim dye indigo . The wash fastness indicates how often a dyed fabric can be washed without losing any noticeable color intensity. The determination of the wash fastness is a method of textile testing .

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↑ Olaf Kühl: Organic Chemistry , Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2012, p. 242, ISBN 978-3-527-33199-4 .
↑ Otto-Albrecht Neumüller (Ed.): Römpps Chemie-Lexikon. Volume 6: T-Z. 8th revised and expanded edition. Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-440-04516-1 , pp. 4200-4201.

[Kühl-1] Olaf Kühl: Organic Chemistry , Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2012, p. 242, ISBN 978-3-527-33199-4 .

[Römpp-2] Otto-Albrecht Neumüller (Ed.): Römpps Chemie-Lexikon. Volume 6: T-Z. 8th revised and expanded edition. Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-440-04516-1 , pp. 4200-4201.