Abstract:
A method of bleaching cotton is described herein which comprises contacting said cotton with a bleaching solution of chlorine monoxide in an inert liquid solvent (e.g. methyl chloroform). Bleaching occurs very rapidly by this method and the cotton fibers undergo very little if any degradation.
Abstract:
Nitrogen trichloride produced in situ from the reaction of a chlorine source and a nitrogen source in a non-aqueous fluid is adsorbed on an adsorption media and serves to oxidize, bleach or deactivate contaminants and foreign matter of the fluid similarly adsorbed on said adsorption media.