Hydrolytic Degradation of Nylon 66 Pile Carpet Fibers

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-104

  Cribbs, Danny ^a   Ogale, Amod A ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; NYLON POLYMERS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATION;

SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

CARPET FIBER; DEGRADATION; HANDLE; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NYLON 66; PILE;

EID: 0037295844     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750307300202     Document Type: Article

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