Dyeing Cotton Fabrics Using Eco-Friendly Green Dye Extracted from the Leaves of the Melia Azedarach Tree

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Department of Clothing and Textile, Faculty of Home Economics, Menoufia University, Shibin El Kom, Egypt

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This research aimed to keep pace with the global approach to achieving environmentally friendly industries. Moreover, it sheds light on chlorophyll dye and the possibility of using it to dye textile fibres. The criteria for nations' progress will be measured by how far the environment is not polluted. Thus, competition has increased in using environment-friendly dyes, and scientific research has become interested in this industry and working on developing and improving it. So, this work used 100% Cotton fabric, Natural green dye extracted from the Melia Azedarach plant, and two types of mordants. The colour stability for washing, rubbing, and perspiration has shown that the greatest values were given when dying fabrics using the pre-mordanting process and the post-mordanting process, using both concentrations and mordants. As for light colour stability, the highest value was given when using a dying concentration of 20gm using the Ferrous Sulfate mordant; this was when using the pre-mordanting and post-mordanting processes. As for elongation, elongation was recorded in the direction of the weft using pre-mordanting at both concentrations and with both mordants to the standard sample and for the elongation in the direction of the wrap. In conclusion, using modern natural dyes extracted from plants and algae and their mixture is recommended to reach new colour degrees and shades that are environmentally safe and achieve product quality. Therefore, green dyes are the optimal choice for a safe environment.

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