SDC Karachi Conference: Celebrating Perkins

The Society of Dyers and Colourists (Karachi Region) is holding its annual conference, along with the H.E.J Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, on Sunday, June 4, 2006. Call Dr. Abdul Jabbar on 0300 2252087 for details.

The topic of the conference is “Synthetic dyes, a revolution in the field of coloration” in honor of 150 years of William Henry Perkin’s first synthesis of quninue from aniline which lead to the invention of the first synthetic dye (mauve).

First synthetic dyes by William Henry Perkins

Further information can the found at the Society of Dyers and Colourists website.

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3 Responses to SDC Karachi Conference: Celebrating Perkins

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