Historic Textiles, Papers, and Polymers in Museums - American

Chapter 6

Degradation and Color Fading of Cotton Fabrics Dyed with Natural Dyes and Mordants 1

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N. Kohara , C. Sano , H. Ikuno , Y. Magoshi , M. A. Becker , M. Yatagai , and M. Saito 6

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Faculty of Practical Arts and Science, Showa Women's University 1-7 Taishido, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo 154-8533, Japan Conservation Science Department, Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties, 13-27, Ueno Park, Taito-Ku, Tokyo 110-8713, Japan Department of Clothing Science, Tokyo Gakugei University, 4-1-1, Nukuikita, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan NISES, Tsukuba 305-8634, Japan Tokyo Gakuen Women's College, Tokyo 158-8586, Japan Kyoritsu Women's University, Tokyo 101-8433, Japan 2

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The effects of six mordants, iron and aluminum salts, and two major components of natural dyes, hematoxylin and curcumin, on the photodegradation Samples

were

rates of cotton

mordanted

traditional Japanese

or

fabrics were evaluated.

dyed-mordanted

according

methods and then exposed to

to

simulated

sunlight for incremental doses up to 500 hours. Changes in color and the tensile properties were evaluated.

There was a dramatic

color change in the dyed and alum-mordanted samples compared with the dyed and iron sulfate-mordanted fabrics.

However, the

iron salts-mordanted fabrics exhibited a greater loss in tensile properties after 500 hours.

For the dyed and alum-mordanted

fabrics, there appeared to be a preferential degradation of the dye to the fiber. Ancient people in different regions had their own techniques for making textiles within their own culture. They used different fibers such as linen in Egypt, cotton in India, silk in China and wool in Central Asia. Before the discovery of synthetic dyes, 5

Current address: Fukui University, Fukui-shi 910-8507, Japan. Current address: Chiba University, Chiba-shi 263-8522, Japan. Corresponding author.

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75 textiles had been colored with natural dyes for several thousand years. Most of the natural dyes were dyed with mordants, mainly aluminum, iron and tin salts. But in Japan, tin was not often used. Even today, some textiles in Japan are still mordanted in mud to fix some natural dyes.

It is well known that these metal salts play an

important role in the color fading of the dye and the degradation of the fiber substrate. Rates of degradation of historic textiles differ depending on types of fibers, dyes, mordants and the combination of them.

For example, textiles mordanted with

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often regarded as one of the substances which can accelerate the degradation of fibers (i). Numerous research papers on the degradation and color fading of natural fibers dyed with synthetic dyes have appeared in the literature (2-7).

However, the

quantitative influence of mordants and natural dyes on degradation of natural fibers and the mechanism had not been clarified enough in spite of importance to the conservation of historic textiles. The objective of our study is to gain a better understanding of the deterioration of natural-dyed fabrics, including the degradation of the fiber as well

as the

decomposition of dye molecules on the fiber. Natural dyed fabrics of cellulosic fibers (cotton and linen) and protein fibers (silk) have been prepared using several combinations of dyes and mordants, and the effects of dye, mordant and fiber substrate on the deterioration of the fabrics caused by light have been investigated by means of various analytical techniques.

The photo-degradation of linen dyed with

curcumin (CUR) or hematoxylin (HEMA) and mordanted with aluminum or iron salts similarly to the cotton fabrics was previously reported (8). It was found that the linen dyed with C U R and mordanted with alum showed the most rapid color fading in all of the dyed and mordanted linens but showed the least loss in tensile strength. The experimental results

suggested that preferential degradation of dye provides

protection to the fiber from light degradation. This paper presents the results of the studies on cotton and the results of the silk studies are described elsewhere (9). In this work the effects of several factors, including dye, mordant and absence of impurities in cotton, on the degradation of cotton fiber assessed by strength loss and color change have been studied.

Experimental Materials A grey cotton fabric with a plain-weave construction (50 χ 30 yarns/cm, 144 2

g/m ) purchased from Shikisen-sha Co. Ltd. was the test fabric.

This fabric was


76 desized by boiling in a 0.2% nonionic surfactant aqueous solution for 20 m in and then washed with distilled water (the desized grey material: G). Part of the grey material was scoured-bleached by boiling in an aqueous solution containing 0.8%v/v H 0 (35% cone), 0.7%v/v NaOH and 0.05%v/v nonionic surfactant for 20 min (liquor ratio, 17:1), followed by neutralization with formic acid and thorough washing with distilled water (the scoured and bleached material: S). Cotton counts of the warp yams from grey and the scoured and bleached fabrics were 3.9 and 4.2, respectively. Purity grade and sources of the dyes and metal salts used are as follows: Curcumin (CUR, CI 75300) and hematoxylin (HEMA, CI 75290) purchased from Merck Co., which were respectively 97% and >95% pure. Reagent grade aluminum potassium sulfate (AL1), aluminum chloride (AL3), iron (II) sulfate (FE1) and iron (II) chloride (FE3) were purchased from Wako Pure Chemicals Industries Ltd. Aluminum acetate containing A1 0 at 13-14% from Terada-yakusen Industry Co. (AL2) and iron (II) acetate (FE2) was 95% pure from Aldrich Chemical Co.


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Dyeing and Mordanting Procedure Fabric samples, 15 χ 10 cm (grey fabric: 2.2 g, scoured and bleached fabric: 2.1 g) were weighed and mordanted and/or dyed as follows. Dyeing and mordanting processes were carried out according to Japanese traditional methods (10). Mordanting Aluminum and iron mordant solutions respectively contained 8% aluminum or 14% iron on weight of fabric (owf) and a liquor ratio of 30:1 was used. The sample fabrics were placed into the mordant solutions at 21°C for 30 min with constant agitation. Mordanted samples were then thoroughly rinsed with distilled water and allowed to air dry. All undyed and mordanted samples were prepared only by once mordanting with no dyeing. Undyed-mordanted fabrics are represented by the abbreviations of the used fabrics and mordants such as G-AL1, S-FE1 and so on. Dyeing The dye baths contained 3% curcumin or hematoxylin owf, the pH was adjusted to 7.8 or 8.8-9.0, respectively by adding sodium carbonate and a liquor ratio of 30:1 was used. The fabrics were immersed in the dye bath at 21°C, and the bath was brought to 80~85°C and maintained at this temperature for 30 min with constant agitation. The dyed fabrics were then mordanted respectively with alum or iron sulfate. For the dyed and mordanted samples, the preparation work was accomplished by alternatively dyeing (three times) and mordanting (two times). After the treatment


77 was œmpleted, the dyed-mordanted samples were rinsed thoroughly with distilled water and were allowed to air dry. Dyed-mordanted samples were represented by the abbreviations of the used fabrics, dyes and mordants, for example

GCUR-AL1

and

SHEMA-FE1.

Weathering Tests


Undyed-mordanted

and dyed-mordanted cotton

fabrics were

exposed

to

simulated sunlight in a xenon long-life fade meter, model S U G A FAI^25AX-HC, using simulated sunlight from a xenon source with borosilicate inner and outer filter operating at an average black panel temperature of 6 3 ° C and at an average relative humidity of 25% according to JIS L 0803. The two borosilicate filters cut off the light of the wavelength below 275 nm. A xenon lamp, irradiation power of 310 ± 2

10 W/m in the range of 300-700 nm, was used for the light exposure of 100 h, 400 h and 500 h. The average incident light energy of the exposure for lOOh was 648 2

MJ/m in the range of 300-3000 nm, which corresponds to the average incident sunlight energy over ca. 55 days in Tokyo. For the purpose of an even exposure, one side of the sample was continuously exposed for certain time and then another side was exposed again for the same period. The total exposure time of both sides of the samples was 500 h at the longest.

Analysis and Measurements Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP-AES) andESR Amounts of aluminum and iron in undyed-mord anted or dyed-mord anted samples were measured with using an ICP-AES, model SEIKO SPS-1500VR, at a frequency of 27.12 M H z and Rh power of 1.3 kW, where coolant, auxiliary and carrier gas (Ar) flow rates were respectively 16.0, 0.4 and 0.4 L/min. ESR spectroscopy of unexposed samples was carried out at 2 5 ° C , using a JESRE2X esr spectrometer operated in the X-band with 100 kHz modulation, g Values and intensity were measured by comparison with M n

2 +

in ZnS and 4-hydroxy-tempo

as standard markers, respectively.

Color Measurement The color expressed as a*, b* and L * color coordinates and color differences (AE*ab) between exposed and unexposed samples were calculated using the CIE 1976 L*a*b* formula as follows:


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m

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-16,

w

a* = 500[(X/Xo) - (Y/Yo) ], W

b* = 200[(Y/Y0) AE*

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1/3

(ZfZof%

2

a b

2

and 2

1/2

= [(AL*) + (Aa*) + (Ab*) ] ,

where X , Y , and Ζ are the tristimulus values for the specimen and X , Yo and Z 0

define the color of the normally white object-color stimulus.

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All untreated, undyed-mord an ted and dyed-mordanted samples were measured with a MacBeth CE-7000 color spectrometer and illuminant C .

Tensile Tests Tensile properties including breaking strength, percent elongation at break and energy to break were measured for 20 warp yams from each sample with an Instron model tensile testing machine, model T E N S I L O N UCT-1500 by using a 20 mm gauge length and a cross head speed of 20 mm/min.

Results and Discussion Dyeing and Mordanting Desized grey (G) and the scoured and bleached fabric (S) were mordanted and/or dyed under the same conditions and then exposed to light in order to observe any influence that impurities in the grey fabric had on the deterioration by light. Both kinds of fabrics were only mordanted with six types of aluminum or iron salts (undyed-mordanted) or dyed with C U R and H E M A and mordanted with alum and iron sulfate (dyed-mordanted). The color of the fabrics scarcely changed after only mordanting with aluminum salts, while it slightly changed to a light brownish when mordanted with iron salts (Table I ). The combination of dyes and mordants on the cotton fabrics produced the different colors. From the ICP-AES data shown in Table II, no significant difference is observed between amount of the metal on the undyed-mordanted and on the dyed-mordanted samples.

Both aluminum and iron were found to have a higher concentration in

undyed-mordanted and dyed-mordanted G samples compared with the corresponding S samples. This suggests that the mordants easily bind to the impurities in grey such as protein, pectin, fat and so on. The amounts of iron were generally more than the amounts of aluminum, because the higher concentration of Fe-mord ant solution was used according to Japanese traditional recipe (10).


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Table I . Color Changes in Undyed-Mordanted and Dyed-Mordanted Cotton Fabrics after light Exposure for 500 h.


Unexposed *

Sample G G-AL1 G-AL2 G-AL3 G-FE1 G-FE2 G-FE3

L* 90.1 90.1 90.1 87.7 81.6 77.8 80.4

a 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 3.9 6.7 4.7

GCUR-AL1

67.3

GCUR-FE1

30.3

20.7 12.4

GHEMA-AL1 GHEMA-FEl

31.3 27.5

7.8 1.1

S S-AL1

93.9 94.5

-0.4 -0.5

S-AL2

94.5

S-AL3 S-FE1 S-FE2 S-FE3 SCUR-AL1 SCUR-FE1 SHEMA-AL1 SHEMA-FE1

94.4 85.5 84.8 85.7 70.9 40.0 31.7 27.8

b' 8.7 9.1 9.3 5.1 20.8 22.6 21.2 78.4

L' 91.3 90.9 90.8 87.7 78.4 76.8 78.0

20.8 - 13.7 -3.1

Exposed for 500 h ΔΕ\„ a b' 2.9 0.1 6.1 5.4 3.8 0.2 5.2 4.2 0.3 4.8 5.1 0.4 4.5 20.6 3.3 1.0 22.7 6.7 2.5 5.4 21.5 11.8

70.9

38.3

2.9 8.0

18.7

9.3

68.5 34.4

3.1 0.6

3.7 5.0

41.3 10.6

3.6 3.1

89.6 92.1

0.0 -0.2

3.5 3.1

4.2 2.4

-1.7

3.1

91.6

-0.2

3.3

3.3

-0.5 4.3 4.7 4.0 17.5 14.5 7.0 0.6

3.3 21.4 18.4 19.6 77.7 32.5 -11.8 -0.9

89.1 83.5 82.2 83.1 84.0 53.5 60.5 35.8

0.0 4.3 5.2 4.8 2.9 5.9 3.5 0.3

1.6 20.8 20.0 20.1 11.8 18.3 2.2 3.7

5.6 2.1 3.1 2.8 68.7 21.4 32.2 9.2

83.5

Refer to the AATCC Test Method 153-1985, Section 9.2.9 CIE 1976L*a*b* Color difference formula where L * is lightness index difference (higher values are lighter), a* is chromaticity difference (within a range -a to +a green to red, respectively); and b* is chromaticity difference (within a range of -b to +b, blue to yellow, respectively). ΔΕ

a b

means difference in color between the sample exposed for 500 h and the corresponding

unexposed sample.


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Table II. Amounts of Al and Fe in Undyed-Mordanted and Dyed-Mordanted Samples as analyzed with ICP-AES.


Sample G G-AL1 GCUR-AL1 GHEMA-AL1 G-FE1 GCUR-FE1 GHEMA-FE1

Al(mg/g) Fe(mg/g) 0.1 0.2 0.9 1.1 0.7 1.8 1.8 1.4

Al(mg/g) 0.1 S 0.7 S-AL1 0.4 SCUR-AL1 0.5 SHEMA-AL1 Sample

Fe(mg/g) 0.1

S-FE1 SCUR-FE1 SHEMA-FE1

1.1 0.9 1.3

can act as a photosensitizer or initiator in photochemical reaction are contained in the fabrics or formed through the treatments before light exposure, these species will accelerate the photo-degradation of the fibers. Unexposed samples were analyzed by esr to find the stable organic radicals latent in the samples which may act as an accelerator in photo-degradation. A broad single peak with the half-height width of 9-10 mT at the g value of 2.0040-2.0045 was commonly observed on the spectra of all d yed-Al-mord anted samples. This peak was not observed on the spectra of undyed-Al-mordanted samples nor undyed- and dyed-Fe-mordanted samples. For other mordanted samples prepared similarly to the dyeing and mordanting processes using iron sulfate or alum but without dye, a radical was not detected in these samples. These facts suggest that the radicals result from the interaction between the dyes and the alum. The unexpected fact that the organic radical was not detected in dyed-Femordanted samples cannot be explained from the obtained data and remains to be clarified.

Color Change Light-induced color change in undyed-Al-mordanted samples was barely detectable, while the light brown color of undyed-Fe-mordanted samples became


81 visually a little deeper after the exposure. The AE* values between unexposed and exposed undyed-mordanted samples were almost under 5 units even after the longest exposure (Table I ). Influence by the anions of metal salts on color change was less than that by the metals. The colors of dyed-mordanted samples exposed to light faded at various rates (Table I ), which indicates that the type of mordant and dye significantly influenced on the color-fading of the dyed-mord anted samples. The colors of the corresponding dyed-mordanted G and S samples faded in similar way. In both cases of CUR and HE MA, mordanting with alum caused them to undergo greater color change upon light exposure than mordanting with iron sulfate. Samples dyed with CUR and mordanted with alum underwent the largest color change. AE* values of these samples were ca. 30 units after 40 h exposure and beyond 60 units after 400 h exposure. At the end of exposure, a* and b* values of the samples respectively dropped and the colors were visually observed to fade almost completely. Color changes in the samples dyed with HE MA and mordanted with iron sulfate had AE* value of 9.7 in average at 500 h exposure and were not as significant as those in the samples dyed with CUR and mordanted with alum. The photo-degradation of the linen dyed and mordanted similarly to the cotton fabrics in this study but exposed under slightly different conditions, where only one side of the samples was exposed tofilteredxenon light for 480 h, has been reported (9). The order of color-fading rates in the dyed and mordanted linens was similar to the order of the rates in the cotton samples. These results indicate that the influence such as accelerating of colorfading by mordants and the combination with dyes is not changed by the differences between cotton and linen fibers.


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ab

ab

Changes in Tensile Properties The changes in tensile properties of undyed-mordanted and dyed-mordanted cotton yams as a function of light exposure are shown in Table ΙΠ. Neither G yarns nor S yams showed any significant change in tensile properties resulting from dyeing and/or mordanting before exposure. However, the undyed- and dyed-Fe-mordanted, the undyed-Al-mordanted samples and not the dyed-Al-mordanted samples were severely damaged by light exposure. Since the breaking loads of all cotton samples retained 68-93% of the initial values even after the 500 h exposure, the state of degradation of cellulose fibers is considered to be still at the initial stage. Breaking loads of undyed-Fe-mordanted cotton fabrics were decreased to 68-75% of the initial values at the longest exposure and the changes were slightly larger than those of undyed-Al-mordanted fabrics. This was true for both G and S samples.



Strength

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GHEMA-FE1

Energy to Break

m

40

50

45

73

72

53

61

73

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Retained

A Elongation

3.2

-3.1*

-0.4*

1.6

-6.0

-2.6*

-3.0

0.6*

-0.3*

-0.4*

-0.1*

m

at Break

SHEMA-FE1

SHEMA-ALl

SCUR-FE1

SCUR-AL1

S-FE3

S-FE2

S-FE1

S-AL3

S-AL2

S-AL1

S

Sample

Strength

72

93

74

81

68

69

75

75

73

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