Take a small sample & boil with 5 to 10 ml of water for 10min.

No. Stripping, then take fresh sample & boil with 5% Acetic acid.
Stripping occurs, No stripping. So take fresh sample + 10% Ammonia soln.
then Direct or Stripping. No stripping. Take fresh sample + Caustic soda + Sodium Hydro sulphite,
Basic dye. Stripping. Heat till 80°C
- Basic dye is No colour changes. So take fresh sample +
Confirmation Test present. - Acid or acid Colour changes 10% sulfuric acid & boil for 10 mins.
mordant dyes may
2) Stripped soln. + Confirmation be present. - Vat or sulphur dyes may be No stripping.
salt + bleached Test Same as present. Considerable Stripping. -
cotton, boil. 2) & 3) - Azoic dyes may be Reactive dye present.
Confirmation Test Confirmation Test present.
- If it gets dyed, Confirmation Test
6) Reduced sample +
Direct dye is 4) Stripped soln. + Confirmation Test 11) Fresh sample +
Hydrogen Peroxide. Colour
confirmed. Salt + Wool. D.M.F., If no bleeding.
reappears.
10) Fresh sample +
- - If dyed then acid - Vat dye present. D.M.F. - If Bleeding - Reactive dyes
dye is present. occurs. confirmed.
3) Stripping soln. 7) Sample + Sodium sulphide
+ Mordanted 5) Stripped soln. + (Na2S) - Colour re-appears - Azoic dye is
cotton. salt + Mordanted confirmed.
wool. - Sulphur present.
- If it gets dyed,
then Basic dyed - If dyed then acid 8) Sample + bleaching Soln.
confirmed. Mordant present. De-colourisation.
- Sulphur present.

9) In test no. 8), no de-

colourisation.
- Vat dye present.
IDENTIFICATION OF CLASS OF DYES PRESENT ON DYED TEXTILE SUBSTRATE