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Third Volume of 4 volume set that provides an encyclopedic reference for artists pigments.
This volume covers
Egyptian blue, Orpiment and Realgar, Indigo and Woad, Madder and Alizarin, Gamboge, Vandyke Brown (cassel Earth, Cologne Earth), Prussian Blue, Emerald Green and Scheele's Green, Chromium Oxide Greens. Titanium Dioxide Whites.
Each chapter covers history, chemistry, uses, and methods of analysis with data for identifying the pigment in a work of art.

Book has nine chapters covering families of inorganic compounds (see photos)

The book covers the economic aspects of chemistry and then deals with 24 different chemical types (see photo of contents) and how they are produced from their sources, critical chemistry in the processing, and industry insite.