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. 2019 Mar 28;11(4):574. doi: 10.3390/polym11040574

Table 3.

Shrinkage and tensile strength of wool fabrics dyed with spent coffee extract and mordanted with 1 wt % tannic acid aqueous solution.

Dyeing Conditions Warp Weft Fabric Count Shrinkage (%) Tensile Strength (N)
Temperature (°C) Time (min)
Untreated 60 48 2880 0 117
Only mordanted 60 49 2940 2.04 116
90 30 62 50 3100 7.10 122
60 63 50 3150 8.57 123
90 63 50 3150 8.57 126
120 62 51 3162 8.92 123
60 60 61 50 3050 5.57 125
90 63 50 3150 8.57 123
120 73 61 4453 35.32 76