Modifying Dew-Retted Flax Fibers by Means of an Air-Atomized Enzyme Treatment

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 579-585

  Evans, Jeff D ^a   Akin, Danny E ^a   Morrison, Wiley H ^a   Himmelsbach, David S ^a   Foulk, Jonn A ^a  

^a USDA ARS Cotton Quality Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; ATOMIZATION; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENZYMES; GLUCOSE; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION;

ENZYME TREATMENT;

FLAX;

AEROSOL; ENZYMATIC TREATMENT; FIBER MODIFICATION; FLAX FIBER; RETTING; STRUCTURAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0036640682     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750207200704     Document Type: Article

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