what is dye?


Name: Elizabeth

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Message: I would like to ask you a few questions, im doing a tie dye lab in school tomarrow and I was wondering if you could help me with my prelab questions
1)What is dye?
2)How does dye work?
3)What is the difference between synthetic dyes and natural dyes.
4)Why would we use 100%cotten?
if you could help me out on this it would be greatly apretiated. Thank you!!!

I hope that you were able to find the answers to your questions before your lab. I'm afraid that, even if I had seen your message in time, many of these questions are beyond the scope of what is appropriate to answer by e-mail, especially taken together as a group. To find out what dye is, you can consult a dictionary or encyclopedia. Other questions may be answered by closely studying the pages on this site, such as the following:

About Dyes

A science fair project on the difference of synthetic and natural dyes

Frequently Asked Questions About Dyeing (and related issues)


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[Updated July 25, 2008.]

Posted: Monday - April 05, 2004 at 12:34 PM          

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