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Dye and fibre discoveries of the twentieth century. Part 4: Oil crisis… fibres crisis… dyes crisis
Author(s) -
Park James,
Shore John
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
coloration technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1478-4408
pISSN - 1472-3581
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-4408.1999.tb00383.x
Subject(s) - rationalisation , scope (computer science) , diversification (marketing strategy) , business , environmental crisis , oil pollution , natural resource economics , chemistry , environmental science , environmental protection , economics , marketing , computer science , mathematics , philosophy , geometry , environmental ethics , programming language
The oil crisis in the 1970s struck the supplies and users of dyes and chemicals with the impact of a tsunami. Rationalisation and diversification transformed the producer industry worldwide. Increasing concern regarding the environmental effects of chemical pollution greatly modified and limited the scope for developing and marketing novel dyes and effect chemicals.