Chemical/Physical Retting of Flax Using Detergent and Oxalic Acid at High pH

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 942-947

  Henriksson, Gunnar ^a,d   Eriksson, Karl Erik L ^a   Kimmel, Linda ^b   Akin, Danny E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; DETERGENT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FIBER PRODUCTION; FLAX; OXALIC ACID; RETTING; TEXTILE FIBER;

FLAX; RETTING;

EID: 0032452248     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051759806801210     Document Type: Article

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