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Optical Brightener

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Optical brighteners are chemicals used to give paper, plastic, and textiles a whiter appearance. You can buy them in Liquid and Powder forms. Fluorescence is a term for compounds that absorb light from both the violet and ultraviolet regions of the Electromagnetic Spectrum. They also re-emit the same amount of light in the Blue area of the Electromagnetic Spectrum through a process called Fluorescence. Fluorescence refers to a process where short light emission times are observed. Optical brighteners can be synthesized with various chemicals such as Coumarins and Triazine Stilbenes. Cyanuric Chloride, one of the chemicals in Optical Brighteners, is used as a precursor or cross-linking agent for Sulphonated Triazine–Stilbene based Optical Brighteners. What is the working principle of optical brighteners? Things appear whiter. They don't make your clothes cleaner but they will make them look whiter and brighter. They can withstand heat, chemicals, and bleach so they will stay on you...