Kcechlin, these fibers may be dyed in a solution made of—water, 20to 30 parts ; chlorate of potassa, 1 part; sal ammoniac, 1 part; chloride of copper, 1 part; Aniline, 1 part, and hydrochloric ...

and it was estimated that the dye industry contributed £3.8 billion to GDP in 2007, while supporting 69,000 jobs. Perkin would have performed a combustion analysis, so he knew that aniline contained ...

The prize is named after Sir William Henry Perkin (1838-1907), most famous for inventing the first aniline dye, mauveine. He was 18 at the time of the discovery and achieved this in the garden shed of ...

FARADAY discovered benzene, Perkin made synthetic dyes from aniline; it was found to be an easy step by nitration and reduction from benzene to aniline. Benzene became ennobled, the world preened ...