SynopsisThe transport of three typical direct dyes, C.I. Direct Yellow 12, C.I. Direct Red 2, and C.I.Direct Blue 15, into a cellulose membrane has been studied at 55°C. Sodium chloride was used as a stimulator for dyeing. The effects of the concentration of the stimulator on the adsorption isotherms, the adsorption rate, and the concentration profiles in the membrane were tested. The experimental adsorption rates of three dyes were quite different. The diffusion mechanism of the dyes into a cellulose membrane was analyzed on the basis of the parallel transport equation of surface and pore diffusion as developed in our previous paper. The experimental uptake curves showed good agreement with the theoretical curves for surface diffusion control. Experimental concentration profiles also agreed reasonably well with the theoretical lines for surface diffusion control rather than pore diffusion control. The surface diffusivities of three dyes were quite different and nearly independent of the adsorbed phase concentration of the dye.
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