Simona Peterlin,a Tjaša Drnovšek,a Anton Perdihb and Darko Dolencb,*
a Pulp and Paper Institute, Bogišičeva 8, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
b University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology,
Aškerčeva 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
* Corresponding author: E-mail: darko.dolenc@fkkt.uni-lj.si
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Abstract
Birch kraft fibers of various composition with respect to lignin, hemicelluloses
and cellulose and cotton were stained
with cationic dyes belonging to different structural classes: Methylene Blue
(MB), Crystal Violet (CV), 4-phenylazo- N,N,N-trimethylanilinium nitrate (TMY), Astra Blue (AB) and Alcian Blue pyridine
variant (ABP). Adsorption
isotherms measured at pH 8 were found to be in good agreement with Langmuir
model. Methylene Blue and Crystal
Violet exhibit adsorption proportional to the amount of anionic groups on
fibers. A binding of a related cationic dye, 4-
phenylazo-N,N,N-trimethylanilinium nitrate, is much lower. The behavior of
cationic phthalocyanine dyes is more complex;
besides their dependence on the quantity of anionic groups, these dyes exhibit
marked affinity to fibers with low
content of lignin. For phthalocyanines a different binding mechanism is
apparent.
Keywords: wood fibers, cationic dyes, phthalocyanine dyes, carboxylic groups, lignin, hemicelluloses