water-soluble dye

  • 1dye — dyable, dyeable, adj. dyer, n. /duy/, n., v., dyed, dyeing. n. 1. a coloring material or matter. 2. a liquid containing coloring matter, for imparting a particular hue to cloth, paper, etc. 3. color or hue, esp. as produced by dyeing. 4. of the… …

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  • 2Dye — For other uses, see Dye (disambiguation). Yarn drying after being dyed in the early American tradition, at Conner Prairie living history museum. A dye is a colored substance that has an affinity to the substrate to which it …

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  • 3Dye penetrant inspection — 1. Section of material with a surface breaking crack that is not visible to the naked eye. 2. Penetrant is applied to the surface. 3. Excess penetrant is removed. 4. Developer is applied, rendering the crack visible. Dye penetrant inspection… …

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  • 4soluble — [[t]sɒ̱ljʊb(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A substance that is soluble will dissolve in a liquid. Uranium is soluble in sea water. Ant: insoluble 2) COMB in ADJ If something is water soluble or fat soluble, it will dissolve in water or in fat. The red… …

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  • 5soluble — растворимый water soluble растворимый в воде soluble dye растворимый краситель soluble pouch растворимый пакетик soluble starch растворимый крахмал soluble elastin растворимый эластин …

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  • 6soluble blue — noun 1. often capitalized S&B : any of several water soluble acid dyes made by sulfonating the Spirit Blues and used in the form of salts chiefly in writing inks, in laundry blues, and as biological stains see dye table I (under Acid Blue 22) 2 …

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  • 7direct dye — noun dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.) • Syn: ↑substantive dye • Hypernyms: ↑dye, ↑dyestuff * * * noun : a water soluble dye usually of the azo class that is used in alkaline or neutral solution especially for… …

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  • 8vat dye — noun a water insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton • Syn: ↑vat color • Hypernyms: ↑dye, ↑dyestuff * * *… …

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  • 9Vat dye — Vat dyes are an ancient class of dyes, based on the natural dye, indigo, which is now produced synthetically. OverviewThe process vat dyeing refers to dyeing in a bucket or fat. It can be performed whenever a liquid, even shade over the entire… …

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  • 10azo dye — Chem. any of a large class of dyes containing one or more azo groups. [1880 85] * * * Any of a large class of synthetic organic compounds, dyes containing two nitrogen atoms joined by a double bond (see bonding, covalent bond) in the form ―N=N―… …

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