A more earth-friendly way to make bright white cotton fabrics
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 11:32
in Mathematics & Economics
With a growing number of consumers demanding more earth-friendly practices from the fashion world, scientists are developing new ways to produce textiles that could help meet rising expectations. They report in the ACS journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research one such method that can dramatically reduce the amount of energy it takes to bleach cotton while improving the quality of the popular material.