Cotton Wax and Its Relationship with Fiber and Yarn Properties: Part I: Wax Content and Fiber Properties

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 399-404

  Cui, Xiaoliang Leon ^a   Price, John B ^a   Calamari, Timothy A ^a   Hemstreet, James M ^a   Meredith, William ^b  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; COTTON YARN; TENSILE TESTING; WAXES;

COTTON WAXES;

COTTON FIBERS;

CORRELATION; COTTON; TENSILE TESTERS; WAX; YARN;

COTTON FIBER; FIBER PROPERTY; TESTING; WAX; YARN PROPERTY;

EID: 0036574466     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750207200505     Document Type: Article

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