Colour chemistry /

This book provides an up-to-date insight into the chemistry behind the colour of the dyes and pigments that make our world so colourful. The impressive breadth of coverage starts with a dip into the history of colour science. Colour Chemistry then goes on to look at the structure and synthesis of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christie, R. M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, [2001]
Series:RSC paperbacks.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Colour : a brief historical perspective
  • The physical and chemical basis of colour
  • Azo dyes and pigments
  • Carbonyl dyes and pigments
  • Phthalocyanines
  • Miscellaneous chemical classes of organic dyes and pigments
  • Textile dyes (excluding reactive dyes)
  • Reactive dyes for textile fibres
  • Pigments
  • Functional or "high technology" dyes and pigments
  • Colour and the environment.