| abstract |
A low-temperature dyeing additive for protein fiber products, which has a pH value of 3.5 to 9.5 and contains 0.025-40 g, per liter of water, of at least one solvent which has a donor number of 24 to 50 and an acceptor number of 10 to 24 in the presence or absence of a surfactant and is freely miscible with water. If necessary, the additive further contains 0.025-4.0 g of tributoxyethyl phosphate per liter of water and/or 0.05-40 g of at least one kind of anion having an enthalpy of hydration (-ΔH KJ.mol -1) of 200-290 per liter of water. This additive serves to relax the higher-order structures of the protein fibers before or after dyeing to thereby swell the fibers, thus rendering the fibers readily dyeable without detriment to the properties thereof. |