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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

Dyes are suitable to color fabrics and pigments are not why??​

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5 Years agoGrade 12
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5 Years ago
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Materials used as pigments include both organic and inorganic compounds. Actually they are not true dyes because they have no affinity for the fibre and are applied and held to the fabric with resins, which are then cured at high temperatures.

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