aniline black

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. the black dye obtained by the oxidation of aniline hydrochloride, used for dyeing textiles, especially cotton.

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aniline black

More discoveries soon followed: magenta, Hofmann’s violet, Lyons blue, malachite green, Bismarck brown and aniline black.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2018

It answers very well for dippers, substituting 2 oz. aniline black for every pound logwood required.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 by Various

Any of this class of black may be so topped with aniline black if thought necessary A very fast black is thus got.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin

Another aniline black: For 100 lb. cotton use 11 lb. aniline oil, 15 lb. bichromate of soda, 40 lb. hydrochloric acid and 160 gallons water or 12 lb. sulphuric acid.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin

Runge in 1834 claims to have detected it in coal tar and called it kyanol, which after oxidation became an insoluble black pigment and known as aniline black.

From Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. by Carvalho, David Nunes