Gamedze, NFHunter, LawranceZwane, PE2019-12-182019-12-182019-06Gamedze, N.F., Hunter, L. & Zwane, P.E. 2019. Dyeing cotton with natural dye extracted from Syzygium cordatum bark. International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, vol 4(6), pp. 965-9752456-2165https://ijisrt.com/assets/upload/files/IJISRT19JU100.pdfhttps://ijisrt.com/dyeing-cotton-with-natural-dye-extracted-from-syzygium-cordatum-barkhttps://goo.gl/DF9R4uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/11267This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.The growing awareness of environmental issues and damage has generated renewed interest in the use of eco-friendly natural dyes for natural fibres such as cotton. With that in mind, the dyeing of cotton fabrics with Syzygium cordatum natural dye using two organic electrolytes as mordants was investigated. Dyeing was carried out by either pre-mordanting, post mordanting or simultaneous mordanting. A reddish brown colour was obtained from the plant and it showed good colourfastness to washing rubbing and perspirationenColourfastnessNatural dyesSyzygium cordatumDyeing cotton with natural dye extracted from Syzygium cordatum barkArticleGamedze, N., Hunter, L., & Zwane, P. (2019). Dyeing cotton with natural dye extracted from Syzygium cordatum bark. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11267Gamedze, NF, Lawrance Hunter, and PE Zwane "Dyeing cotton with natural dye extracted from Syzygium cordatum bark." (2019) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11267Gamedze N, Hunter L, Zwane P. Dyeing cotton with natural dye extracted from Syzygium cordatum bark. 2019; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11267.TY - Article AU - Gamedze, NF AU - Hunter, Lawrance AU - Zwane, PE AB - The growing awareness of environmental issues and damage has generated renewed interest in the use of eco-friendly natural dyes for natural fibres such as cotton. With that in mind, the dyeing of cotton fabrics with Syzygium cordatum natural dye using two organic electrolytes as mordants was investigated. Dyeing was carried out by either pre-mordanting, post mordanting or simultaneous mordanting. A reddish brown colour was obtained from the plant and it showed good colourfastness to washing rubbing and perspiration DA - 2019-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Colourfastness KW - Natural dyes KW - Syzygium cordatum LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2019 SM - 2456-2165 T1 - Dyeing cotton with natural dye extracted from Syzygium cordatum bark TI - Dyeing cotton with natural dye extracted from Syzygium cordatum bark UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11267 ER -