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← HistoryWhich risk increased when Byzantine silk dyers used urine?
A)Faster pattern color fading✓
B)Reduced fabric tensile strength
C)Increased dye batch oxidation
D)Textile worker ammonia exposure
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Faster pattern color fading was a risk because the urea acted as an alkaline mordant accelerating hydrolytic dye degradation rather than aiding fixation. Therefore, images faded, rather than resisting photochemical damage because the unstable bond between dye and fiber.
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