Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

IDT 407 — Colour Chemistry and Textile Technology

IDT department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• At the end of the course, students should be able to:
• explain the chemical properties of colours, classification of dyes, and dyeing mechanisms; and
• describe quality control procedures in the textile industry

Course contents

Historical survey of colouring matters in nature. Chemistry, properties of dyes and pigments. colour and chemical constitution. Excitation and colour. Classifications of dyes and fibres. Dyeing mechanisms. Preparation and dyeing of natural and synthetic fibres. Colour fastness properties 360 and other parameters of assessing dye quality.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study IDT 407.

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