Abstract: Artificial leather and a dyeing method therefor; the leather includes ultrafine polyamide fibers and is particularly a grained artificial leather having bright, deep color, good color fastness to dry cleaning with charged soap, a delicate touch free from any undesirable rubber-like feeling, as well as high durability.A super-entangled fiber base is provided comprising ultrafine polyamide fibers and/or bundles thereof; polyurethane including polyoxyethylene of molecular weight of 500-5,000 is applied. The polyamide ultrafine fibers are dyed with a metal-dye complex and a fixing agent.

Abstract: A process for improving the lightfastness of dyeings obtained with acid dyes and/or metal complex dyes on polyamide textile materials, by treating the latter and 0.01-1% by weight of a copper hydroxamate before, during or after dyeing.

Abstract: The partly known blue dyestuffs of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 denotes hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or aryl,R.sub.2 denotes hydrogen or alkyl,Me.sup.(+) denotes a cation andn denotes 1 or 2,are highly suitable for the trichromatic dyeing of polyamide fibre materials, producing level dyeings thereon with a good standard of fastness.

Abstract: The light fastness of dyed polyamide fibre materials, in particular of the type used for manufacturing car seat covers, can be substantially improved by treating these materials, before, during or after the dyeing, with copper compounds of the compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R=H, OH, alkyl or cycloalkyl. The compounds (I) are distinguished by low self-colour and good stability to acid conditions.

Abstract: The light fastness of polyamide dyeings can be improved by treating polyamide fibre materials, before, during or after dyeing, with copper complexes of the reaction products of salicylaldehydes with amines (for example cyclohexylamine), or with copper complexes of o-hydroxybenzophenones.

Abstract: Electrically conducting fibers are prepared by introducing cyanic groups into a synthetic or natural starting fiber and then subjecting the fiber to a heat treatment with a copper compound, a reducing agent capable of reducing bivalent copper ions to monovalent copper ions, and a sulfur-containing compound capable of discharging a sulfur atom or sulfur ion for reaction with monovalent copper ions adsorbed by the fiber so that copper sulfide is impregnated into the fibers. Heat treatment with the sulfur-containing compound can be simultaneous with or separate from heat treatment with the copper compound and reducing agent. The electrically conducting fibers of the present invention have excellent conductivity, improved washability and are not plagued by the problem of static charging associated with the starting synthetic or natural fiber.

Abstract: Water-soluble compounds and their salts suitable as dyestuffs of the formula ##STR1## in which D is a benzene or naphthalene nucleus, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are, inter alia, hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy and sulfo, R.sub.1 being in ortho-position to the azo group, X is a fiber-reactive radical of the vinyl sulfone series, K.sub.1 and K.sub.2 are radicals of coupling components of the acetoacetarylide and pyrozolone series and K.sub.2 additionally denotes a radical of the sulfonaphthol series, the coupling components being bound to the triazine ring via amino groups, Y is a halogen atom, a sulfo group, a thio ether or oxygen ether radical, or a primary, secondary or tertiary amino group, A is an aliphatic, aliphatic-heterocyclic, aliphatic-aromatic or aromatic bridge member and n is zero or one.

Abstract: Reactive dyestuffs of the formula ##STR1## wherein D, R, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, n, p, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and m have the meaning indicated in the description,and their use for dyeing and printing various materials, above all materials containing hydroxyl groups, such as cotton, linen, cellulose or regenerated cellulose.

Abstract: Electrically conducting acrylic and modacrylic fibers are prepared by subjecting the fibers to a first heat-treatment in a bath containing a copper compound and a reducing agent to adsorb monovalent copper ions within the fibers. The heat-treated fibers are washed thoroughly and then subjected to a second heat-treatment in the presence of a sulfur-containing compound to convert the adsorbed monovalent copper ions to copper sulfide. The electrically conducting fibers have superior conductivity which is not lost in repeated washings. The electrically conductive fibers can be dyed readily with cationic dyes without loss of electrical conductivity. The electrically conductive fibers of the present invention possess the touch and other physical characteristics of the starting acrylic or modacrylic fibers.

Abstract: A method of producing electrically conducting acrylic and acrylic-series fibers by treating the fibers in a treatment bath containing divalent copper ions, a reducing agent capable of reducing the divalent copper ions to monovalent copper ions and a sulfur-containing compound which provides sulfur which reacts with the monovalent copper ions to produce copper sulfide. The copper sulfide is adsorbed into the fiber and results in a fiber of superior conductivity and which posesses the touch and other physical characteristics of the starting fiber.

Abstract: A process of dyeing or printing of synthetic fiber materials by means of disperse dyes carried out in the presence of at least one derivative of a metal having an atomic number in the range of 24 through 30 to prevent or diminish the degradation of the dye during the dyeing or printing process, and ready-to-use colorant compositions for this process.

Abstract: The specification is directed to a method for enhancing the light fastness of dyed and undyed nylon textile fibers and to the treated fibers produced thereby. The beneficial effect is obtained by applying at least 3 parts per million colloidal phosphate to the fiber by exhaustion from an aqueous medium; the treatment being effected either before dyeing, simultaneously with or after the dye has been applied to the fiber.