Quench - APY

(2009-2010)
Anti Phenolic Yellowing
Causes of yellowing during storage
 
The intensive yellowing of white or pastel colored
textile good is very often a result of the presence of
phenol-based antioxidants (butylated hydroxyl toluene
derivates).
 
This chemistry is low in cost and highly effective. Due
to its low vapor pressure it is volatile and can be
transferred to textile goods easily.
 
Products of this type are commonly used as stabilizers
in Fibre production, Further textile processing.Packing
materials (e.g. polyethylene wrapping films, packing
material in general)
 
Mechanism Of Yellowing
Factors influencing the yellowing
 
Various factors influence the yellowing of white textile
goods in presence of antioxidants :
 
Storage conditions
Atmosphere composition in store, shop and home
(NOX beside other pollutants)
Humidity and temperature
Heating and ventilation
Storage time
Illumination
 
Composition of hot air, particularly on drying / curing/
heat-setting equipment with direct gas heating when
nitrogen oxides are produced due to unproper burning
conditions.
Precautions lowering the risk of yellowing
 
•As long as such antioxidants are used it is virtually very difficult
to prevent such yellowing. To reduce this yellowing we
recommend :
 
•Warn customers to ensure that fibres and auxiliaries are free of
phenolic antioxidants.
 Especially packing or wrapping materials should be free of
antioxidants (phenol free low density polyethylene bags)
 
• Adjust the final finish with some non volatile organic acid
(shade and optical brightener should be acid stable).
 
•To avoid the presence of nitrogen oxides (NOX) during
production and storage (no direct gas heat, all transportation
systems such as fork-lift trucks with electric motors, good
ventilation in warehouse to avoid air pollution).
Normally white PA turn yellow even under
slightly acid conditions. This is due to the
cationic character of the free amino end-
groups of PA which interact with the
antioxidant derivates.
 
Quench APY is preventing such yellowing
while blocking the free amino end-groups of
the PA.
 
For the application in general we recommend
to use slight acid conditions. Please check
also whether the optical brightener is acid
stable if non-volatile acids are used.
 
 
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