State-of-the-art science reveals secrets of 19th century fashion industry
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 11:40
in Mathematics & Economics
The dye industry of the 19th century was fast-moving and international, according to a state-of-the-art analysis of four purple dresses. The study, published in Spectrochimica Acta, Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, reveals that a brand new purple dye went from first synthesis to commercial use in just a few years.