Procion is a brand of fibre
reactive dye
In a reactive dye, a chromophore (an atom or group whose presence is responsible for the colour of a compound) contains a substituent that reacts with the substrate. Reactive dyes have good fastness properties owing to the covalent bonding that oc ...
s. They are commonly used in tie dye and other textile crafts. They are
dichlorotriazine dyes and were originally made by
Imperial Chemical Industries. The brand name is now owned by
Dystar, but, since the patent on the dyes has expired, many manufacturers around the world now make them.
[Horst Tappe, Walter Helmling, Peter Mischke, Karl Rebsamen, Uwe Reiher, Werner Russ, Ludwig Schläfer and Petra Vermehren "Reactive Dyes"in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry 2000, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. ]
Procion dyes
*Procion MX are a class of cold
reactive dye
In a reactive dye, a chromophore (an atom or group whose presence is responsible for the colour of a compound) contains a substituent that reacts with the substrate. Reactive dyes have good fastness properties owing to the covalent bonding that oc ...
s.
*Procion H-E and H-EXL are hot water dyes
*Procion P and SP are designed for
textile printing
Textile printing is the process of applying color to fabric in definite patterns or designs. In properly printed fabrics the colour is bonded with the fibre, so as to resist washing and friction. Textile printing is related to dyeing but i ...
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Procion MX codes*
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