In Reply to: RE: Almost all the shade of black is derived from coke ergo heated coal which changes it's chemical structure... posted by Cleantimestream on March 8, 2017 at 00:49:44:
The dye is what is known as an azo (N=N) compound. In the past, the analine and nitrobenzene starting materials would have been obtained from the byproducts of steel making coke manufacture. I expect that petroleum is currently used, as the starting point.
Eli D.
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