Scouring of silk

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• Additional information

Silk Flowsheet

Literature: UNIDO CP Unit Technical Report, https://www.unido.org/NCPC/ReportTexts/NCPC00000015.pdf

Typical parameters of the process

Techniques	Temperature [°C]	Water consumption	Pressure (bar)	Heat transfer medium	Residence Time	Additional information	Literature:
Production of "unscoured" silk	low					slithly alkaline bath	BAT 2003
"Souple" silk						under acid conditions	BAT 2003
Degummed silk: with soap	95-98				up to 2 h	bath: 10-15 g soap/l	BAT 2003
Degumming with synthetic detergents	95-98					alkali and detergent mixtures	BAT 2003
Degumming under pressure & high temp.	110-140					aqueous bath with surfacants	BAT 2003

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