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Acid dye
An anionic dye characterized by substantively for protein fibbers and often applied from an acid dyebath

Affinity
The quantitative expression of substantively. It is the difference between the chemical potential of the dye in its standard state in the fiber and the corresponding chemical potential in the dyebath.

Note: Affinity is usually expressed in units of joules (or calories) per mole. Use of this term in a qualitative sense, synonymous with substantively is depreciated

Ageing
1. A change in properties with time. Note: This change may be detrimental. Accelerated tests may be used to assess it.
2. (Testing) Storage of a material under defined conditions to determine by subsequent tests the effect of these conditions on its properties. The conditions may be chosen to accelerate any natural changes that may occur.
3. (Textile) Originally a process in which printed fabric is exposed to a hot moist atmosphere. At present the term is almost exclusively applied to prints in stream. Ageing is also used in the development of certain