THE THIRD STAGE OF THE DIFFUSION PROCESS OF FISETIN MOLECULE IN THE FIBROIN FIBER

Abstract

The previous article stated that the diffusion of the dye continues until it reaches an equilibrium concentration in the entire volume of the fiber. This period was mentally divided into three stages: 1) adsorption of fisetin molecules on the surface of fibroin fibers; 2) moment when fisetin molecules reach the center of the fibroin fiber. Since the first stage occurs almost instantaneously, it is almost impossible to separate this stage from the second stage during which the actual dyeing occurs. We combined the first and second stages of diffusion and devoted a previous article to them. The third stage begins after the completion of the second and continues until the equilibrium concentration is restored in the entire volume of the fiber. This article is focused on the third stage of diffusion of flavonoid fisetin molecules in the fibroin fiber. This article also uses a three-dimensional physical model of the diffusion of dyes in the fiber. We established mathematical relations that describe the kinetics of dye diffusion at the third stage of the dyeing process.