Enzyme Treatment of Wool and Specialty Hair Fibers

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-133

  Das, Trina ^a   Ramaswamy, Gita N ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

enzyme processing; protein fibers; scouring; speciality hair fibers; wool

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; ENZYMES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOAPS (DETERGENTS); TEXTILE PROCESSING; TEXTILE SCOURING;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ENZYME PROCESSING; ENZYME TREATMENT; PROTEIN FIBERS; SCOURING AGENTS; SPECIALITY HAIR FIBERS;

WOOL FIBERS;

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; ENZYMATIC TREATMENT; ENZYME; HAIR; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SCOURING; STRUCTURAL PROPERTY; WOOL FIBER;

EID: 33645729408     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517506063387     Document Type: Article

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