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mauveine

(ˈməʊviːn)

(Colours) another name for mauve²

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Hillary was a history teacher before retiring and wanted to link her home to Perkin, who discovered the rich mauve dye mauveine in 1856 while conducting experiments to try to find a cure of malaria.

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The students learned about precipitation reactions by making sidewalk chalk, investigated oxidation reduction reactions by anodizing aluminum to make jewelry, synthesized Prussian blue to paint a picture, synthesized mauveine to dye a scarf, explored freezing point depression by making candles, and conducted microchemical tests that art conservators use.

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Following his discovery, he focused on the patenting, manufacturing, and commercialisation of this purple dye, which he named mauveine," Google wrote in its blog post.