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Document Type
Research
Abstract
This study was made in an effort to explain the development by dry cleaning of brown stains on silk and wool garments soiled with salad oils made from vegetable oils. The results indicate that age, light, and oxygen alone are negligible factors - the chief contributing cause being heat in the presence of air. This condition is brought about by hot pressing before cleaning or drying in a tumbler in a dry cleaning plant. Corn oil is particularly troublesome, due apparently to the larger percentage of esters of unsaturated fatty acids.
Publication Date
1924
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
31
Issue
1
First Page
286
Last Page
286
Copyright
©1924 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
O'Brien, Ruth and Wentch, Barbara
(1924)
"A Comparative Study of the Removal of Corn and Cottonseed Oil Stains from Wool and Silk,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 31(1), 286-286.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol31/iss1/78