Staple strength and its relevance to worsted processing

Wool Technology and Sheep Breeding

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-192

  Lamb, P R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diameter profile; Fibre breakage; Processing performance; Staple strength; Wood

Indexed keywords

BREAKING STRENGTH; FIBER LENGTH; STAPLE FIBER; WOOL FIBER; WORSTED YARN;

EID: 13944271777     PISSN: 00437875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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