Adebayo, G.B.Saliu, D.O.Arowona, M.TAlabi, O.E.2021-05-242021-05-242018-05-24https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/5394The experimental exhaustion performance of a triply coupled triazenyl based reactive dye was used to establish the affinitive properties of the dye on 1:1, 1:2 and 2:1 formulations of cellulose acetate phthalate (CAP) and poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG) blends. The dye whose physicochemical properties include a melting point of 173, theoretical yield of 73%, maximum wavelength of 535 nm and solubility in polar solvents was synthesized by doubly coupling it with 2-(aminomethyl)thiophene and singly coupled with 2-naphthol after diazotization.The maximum absorption peak at 535 nm ascertains the presence of conjugated double bond, functional groups such as hydroxyl and amino correspond to 3628 cm-1 and 1334 cm-1 respectively on the FTIR. The m/z = 415 confirms the breaking away of two ethyl thiophenyl cation while the fragmentation of the two residual amine groups is shown by the m/z value at 382 from the GC-MS. At 60°C, the first blend (CAP-PEG-1) has the highest degree of exhaustion of 89.92, partition coefficient of 180 (L-1), dye affinity of 14300 kJ/mol, while the third blend (CAP-PEG-3) has the highest degree of levelness.enCellulose acetate phthalatefibre blend, reactive dyeexhaustion, partition coefficientdye affinityArticle