TY - JOUR
T1 - Fiber-safe extraction of red mordant dyes from hair fibers
AU - Tiedemann, Erica J.
AU - Yang, Yiqi
PY - 1995/1
Y1 - 1995/1
N2 - To extract red mordant dyes from wool fiber samples, a new method was devised using a solution of 0.1% ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid in water combined with N, N-dimethyl formamide. This method, which was tested on madder, Relbunium, and cochineal dyestuffs having an alum mordant, enabled the authors to analyze the extracted dyes with spectrophotometry for their characteristic absorption curves and also left the fibers sufficiently intact for use in further examinations. The new method is compared with previous dye extraction methods. A case study of its application on samples of pre-Columbian cameloid fibers is presented.
AB - To extract red mordant dyes from wool fiber samples, a new method was devised using a solution of 0.1% ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid in water combined with N, N-dimethyl formamide. This method, which was tested on madder, Relbunium, and cochineal dyestuffs having an alum mordant, enabled the authors to analyze the extracted dyes with spectrophotometry for their characteristic absorption curves and also left the fibers sufficiently intact for use in further examinations. The new method is compared with previous dye extraction methods. A case study of its application on samples of pre-Columbian cameloid fibers is presented.
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U2 - 10.1179/019713695806124657
DO - 10.1179/019713695806124657
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84974888634
VL - 34
SP - 195
EP - 206
JO - Journal of The American Institute for Conservation
JF - Journal of The American Institute for Conservation
SN - 0197-1360
IS - 3
ER -