Word: dyes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...half a dozen new drugs on frostbite cases. At base hospitals, nutritionists are checking soldiers' diets to determine the effect of vitamin C in frostbite recovery. In still other experiments, radar waves are being beamed at frozen arms & legs to find out how deep the injury goes; fluorescent dyes are being injected around frostbitten skin to discover the exact extent of the freeze. Both the radar and dye tests should help a surgeon to decide whether amputation is necessary, and if so, how much must...
This year consumption of carpet rayon will top 30 million lbs. v. 12.5 million in 1950. The synthetics, say carpetmakers, wear as well as wool, are easier to dye, and stay clean as long. They hope that the shift to synthetics will stabilize prices and put the harassed carpet industry back on its feet...
...DYES. A small amount of fluorochemical in the molecule of a dye often changes its color, giving dye manufacturers a whole new color range...
WETTING AGENTS. A small amount of the proper fluorochemical makes a solution "wetter." This property is valuable in textile dyeing; it helps the dye reach every fiber of the cloth...
Agricouture. The Agriculture Department, always ready to help the cotton farmer, showed newsmen some bright print dresses made from cotton fertilizer bags. Dresses from flour bags are old stuff, but the department had worked for months to invent a dye that would withstand the chemical effects of the fertilizer. Purpose: to make cotton fertilizer bags competitive with cheaper paper ones...