Abstract:Formaldehyde resins are usually used in the textile industry to prevent wrinkling, as well as for conservation of textile
artifacts. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified formaldehyde as carcinogenic to humans.
There are several regulations regarding the amount of formaldehyde found in textiles, for example Oeko-Tex Standard
100, REACH and European Ecolabel. In the present work, a spectrophotometric method for quantitative determination
of free and hydrolyzed formaldehyde ex… Show more
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