The Chemical History of Color
In this brief, Mary Virginia Orna details the history of color from the chemical point of view. Beginning with the first recorded uses of color and ending in the development of our modern chemical industry, this rich yet concise exposition shows us how co
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Mary Virginia Orna is Professor of Chemistry at the College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY ([email protected]), although her professional history includes service in government, not-for-profit institutions and industry. She received her B.S. in Chemistry from Chestnut Hill College and Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Fordham University. She has lectured and published widely in the areas of color chemistry and archaeological chemistry and, following a sabbatical leave at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, she has maintained a research relationship with art historians in the area of pigment content of medieval manuscripts. Among her many professional activities, she has presented plenary lectures and named lectureships on at least a dozen different occasions. She is a tour speaker on the roster of the American Chemical Society and has been an invited lecturer to every part of the United States and many countries in Europe, the Middle East, and the South Pacific. Her many publications have appeared in the Journal of Chemical Education, Color Research and Application, Studies in Conservation, Analytical Chemistry, Microchemical Journal, Journal of Biological Chemistry, American Chemical Society monographs, and various other journals. She has also authored numerous book chapters and encyclopedia articles, three books and co-edited eight others. She is active in several divisions of the American Chemical Society, having served as Chair, Program Chair and Treasurer of the Division of the History of Chemistry. She is currently serving as ACS Councilor and a member of the ACS Council Policy Committee. She has received various awards among which are the Chemical Manufacturers Association’s 1984 Catalyst Award for excellence in college chemistry teaching, the 1989 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) New York State Professor of the Year, National Gold Medalist Award, the 1989 Merck Innovation Award, the 1996 James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry, the ACS 1999 George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education, the 2008 Henry Hill Award, and the ACS 2009 Award for Volunteer Service ACS.
M. V. Orna, The Chemical History of Color, SpringerBriefs in History of Chemistry, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32642-4, Ó The Author(s) 2013
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Author Biography
During the academic year 1994–95, she was a Fulbright lecturer in Israel where she taught courses in color chemistry at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design.
Index
A Absorption, 12, 18, 21, 23, 33, 36, 42, 43, 62, 94, 95, 96, 105, 114, 132, 136, 140, 141 Absorption band, 23, 34, 37, 41, 42, 60, 96 Absorption edge, 44 Absorption maximum, 36, 43, 44 Accum, Frederick, 129, 130 Adsorption series, 96, 97 Adulterant, 130 Afghanistan, 6, 59 Alizarin, 4, 8, 55, 56, 82, 86–89, 111, 121 Allowed transition, 135, 136 Almaden, 7 Alsace, 79 Aluminum beryllium silicate, 139 Amethyst, 138, 139 Ångstrom, Anders Jonas, 102 Aniline, 71–75, 79–81, 89, 113, 116, 118, 142 Aniline blue, 79, 80, 82, 89, 118 Aniline pur
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