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The report to the Clothworkers' Company of the Advisory Committee on the Departments of Textile Industries and Colour Chemistry and Dyeing, University of Leeds, 1945–46, pays a high tribute to the work of the late Prof. F. M. Rowe. No appointment has yet been made to the research fellowships in dyeing or in physical chemistry; but research workers of the Sisal Growers' Association have continued to be accommodated in the Dyeing Department. Dr. E. Race, in collaboration with Prof. Rowe and Prof. J. B. Speakman, established a new technique for examining the constitution of the dye-chromium complexes obtained when wool is dyed with chrome mordant dyes, and with Dr. C. B. Stevens commenced work on the kinetics of chromium dye complex formation, including a study of the rates of formation and heats of combustion of chromium complexes of a series of dyes. Dr. E. M. Hunt and Prof. F. M. Rowe completed an investigation to establish degradation processes for determining the constitution of indigoid, thioindigoid and related types of vat dyes in substance, and Mr. F. M. Smith commenced a similar investigation of triphenylmethane dyes. Derivatives of catechol have been prepared for examination as intermediates for dyes, and Dr. A. T. Peters has completed an investigation of derivatives of 3: 4-di-tert.-butyl-acenaphthene and derived indigoid dyes, and with Dr. R. J. Moualim commenced the preparation and orientation of a series of derivatives of 2-tert.-butyl-naphthalene. Although the entry of British students was seriously affected by the demands of national service, the total number was fully maintained by ex-Service students and students from abroad, and the number of students in the Department of Textile Industries caused serious overcrowding.
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Textile Industry and the University of Leeds. Nature 160, 185–186 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160185d0
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