Cotton fabric dyed with commercial reactive dyes of the monochloro-s-triazi
ne, bis(monochloro-s-triazine), and bis(monofluoro-s-triazine) type was tre
ated in buffer solutions pH 10 and 12 at 60, 85 and 98 degrees C. Hydrolysi
s has been investigated using spectrophotometrical measurements of hydrolys
ed dye at lambda(max). The percent of hydrolysed dye was calculated. (C) 19
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