dyestuff
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The common name of the dyestuff, Tyrian purple, derives from the habitat of the mollusks, which the Phoenicians purportedly began harvesting in the 16th century B.C. in the city-state of Tyre in present-day Lebanon.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
To prepare the dyestuff, chemists rely on two main processes: extraction and filtration.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 5, 2012
One night they moved into the Cuernavaca plant, packed designs and dyestuff onto a truck and skipped off to picturesque Taxco.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. Horlein, director of the Trust's pharmaceutical research at Elberfeld, and Dr. Domagk, a chemotherapist, designed Prontosil's complex molecule of dyestuff.
From Time Magazine Archive
Aniline Black differs from other dyes in that it is not sold as a ready-made dyestuff, but is produced in situ upon the fibre by the oxidation of aniline.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
