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Table 3 Properties of bleached fabrics

From: Sustainable processes for pre-treatment of cotton fabric

Sr. no.

Fabric samples

L*

a*

b*

Tegewa rating

Absorbency (s)

WI

YI

BI

1.

Bleached fabric

90.84

−0.36

4.37

6

<3

58.4

7.8

73.9

2.

Bleached fabric (1st recycle)

89.77

−0.39

4.77

6

<3

51.7

8.7

69.2

3.

Bleached fabric (2nd recycle)

89.51

−0.57

5.26

6

<3

51.2

9.3

70.2

4.

Bleached fabric (3rd recycle)

89.28

−0.71

5.78

6

<3

47.9

10.3

69.2

  1. WI whiteness index, YI yellowness index, BI brightness index