Carding Kenaf for Nonwovens

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 402-406

  Tao, Weiying ^a   Calamari, Timothy A ^b   Crook, Legrand ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Research and Development Center   (United States)

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EID: 0001553299     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051759806800603     Document Type: Article

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