A Comparative Study on the Felting Propensity of Animal Fibers

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 957-963

  Liu, Xin ^a   Wang, Xungai ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

alpaca; cashmere; felting propensity; wool

Indexed keywords

DYEING; FELT; SOLUTIONS; WETTING;

AACHEN FELTING TEST; ALPACA FIBERS; CASHMERE FIBERS; FELTING PROPENSITY;

WOOL FIBERS;

DYEING; FELTING; FIBER DIAMETER; FIBER LENGTH; SOLUTIONS; WETTING; WOOL;

ALPACA FIBER; ANIMAL FIBER; CASHMERE FIBER; DENSITY; DYEING MACHINE; FELT; FELTING; FIBER DIAMETER; FIBER LENGTH; TESTING; WETTING; WOOL FIBER;

EID: 37249086606     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517507083517     Document Type: Article

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