Definition of Direct dye

1. Noun. Dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.).

Exact synonyms: Substantive Dye
Generic synonyms: Dye, Dyestuff

Lexicographical Neighbors of Direct Dye

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direct dye (current term)
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Literary usage of Direct dye

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"It contains the -S^^ Turmeric is the only important natural direct dye for ... Tn some cases, the colour produced by a direct dye on wool and cotton is ..."

2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"In some cases, the colour produced by a direct dye on wool and cotton is identical, in other cases it differs considerably. THc dyeing of silk with direct ..."

3. Textiles by Paul Henry Nystrom (1916)
"The discovery of the direct dye cheapened the dye process greatly, and shortened it too, a very important consideration when certain colors or patterns ..."

4. Chemistry of Common Things by Raymond Bedell Brownlee, Robert Warren Fuller, William J. Hancock, Jesse Elon Whitsit (1914)
"Is a direct dye for wool always a direct dye for cotton ? 4. Why is a sodium salt generally added to a dye bath containing a direct dye for cotton ? 5. ..."

5. A Laboratory Manual of General Chemistry by William Jay Hale (1917)
"A direct dye: Congo Red. Pour 3-4 cc. of Congo red solution into a beaker containing 10-20 cc. of ... Is this a direct dye for both cotton and wool (4) ? d. ..."

6. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1911)
"direct dye for cotton. Xylidine Red, Ponceau R, Xylidine Scarlet, forms a scarlet-red powder, readily soluble in water or acetic acid, but less so in ..."

7. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1904)
"Working with such widely different substances as indigo, Diamine Blue 3 В (direct dye), and tannic acid, the ratio in each case is as 100 is to 140. ..."

8. The Chemical Technology of Textile Fibres: Their Origin, Structure by Georg von Georgievics (1902)
"... (2) in this case a first dyeing is given with a direct dye, after which the silk, which is generally too light, is darkened by entering in a bath of ..."

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