Washing of dirty textile articles is a shear necessity in domestic life. However, the mechanisms of this process have not yet been fully characterized. Cleaning of dirty textiles requires water, detergents, supporting chemicals, energy and time. The type and the nature of each of these items vary widely from country to country. To develop insight into this complex process, textile washing has already been investigated as a rate process. In this article, the authors reconsider the issue of the washing rates and their mechanisms.
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