New synthetic black dyes: their discovery, production and everyday use (1859-1930)
Aniline black, the first synthetic black dye, was observed in the 1830s and patented in the United Kingdom thirty years later, in 1863. Even if this dye initially had many drawbacks, the improvements brought by the development of dyeing chemistry enabled its continuous use until the 1930s at the sam...
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2023
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | Aniline black, the first synthetic black dye, was observed in the 1830s and patented in the United Kingdom thirty years later, in 1863. Even if this dye initially had many drawbacks, the improvements brought by the development of dyeing chemistry enabled its continuous use until the 1930s at the same time as the development of other synthetic black dyes, along with the diversification of their commercial outlets. More than 300 references of such new blacks dating from the beginning of the 20th century and belonging to the collection of the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris, were studied as part of the ERC project CHROMOTOPE. Drawing on an interdisciplinary approach combining history and chemistry, systematic research was carried out for the black dyes in the collection discovered between the 1860s and 1930. This paper therefore deals a great range of synthetic blacks, thus revealing the differentiated uses that were made of these new materials. |
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