Colorants and auxiliaries: organic chemistry and application properties; Volume 1 - Colorants

Abstract

This first volume of the book is concentrated on the chemical characteristics of dyes and pigments, with emphasis on attempts to interpret their colouring and fastness properties in terms of the essential structural features of colorant molecules. This second edition has been extensively updated and greater attention has also been given to factors associated with the potential impact of colorant and their metabolites on the environment. All chapters have been affected by these changes, but the concluding chapter on reactive dyes contains more new material than the others.