REACTIVITY AND KINETIC-STUDIES OF CHEMICALLY TREATED LINEN FIBERS TOWARDS EMULSION XANTHATION

Kinetic studies of chemically treated linen fibres for emulsion xantha tion were conducted. Linen fibres were mild cleaned using different ag ents, i.e., sodium hydroxide, sodium hypochlorite and sodium chlorite/ potassium permanganate mixture. The chemical constituents of the clean ed samples were estimated. The differently cleaned samples were subjec ted to reactivity measurements towards emulsion xanthation. Samples tr eated with a mixture of sodium chlorite/potassium permanganate mixture were found to be more reactive than those treated with sodium hypochl orite. The reactivity of cotton linter was taken as a reference. The o rder of reaction, the specific rate constants and the applicability of the simple diffusion law were estimated.