Reactive Dyes are the most versatile and popular class of Organic Dyes for importing color on cellulosic fibres. As the name suggests, these dyes chemically react with cellulose to form a covalent bond between dye molecule and cellulose. The salient features of Reactive Dyes are
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Brilliant shades
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Ease of application
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Overall good fastness
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Properties
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Economy
The popularity of Reactive dyes with textile processors is due to its versatility in application by various dyeing methods such as exhaust dyeing, semi-continuous and continuous dyeing as well as various printing methods by direct printing, resist printing, discharge printing and very recently by inkjet printing.