Structure and physical and chemical properties of fibres from the fifth larval instar of caddis-flies of the species Hydropsyche angustipennis

Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 7-12

  Tszydel, Mariusz ^a   Sztajnowski, Sławomir ^b   Michalak, Marina ^b   Wrzosek, Henryk ^b   Kowalska, Stanisława ^b   Krucińska, Izabella ^b   Lipp Symonowicz, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Caddis flies; Density; FTIR spectroscopy; Hydropsyche; Natural fibres; SEM; Silk; Silky floss; Solubility

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANIMALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SILK;

CADDI FLY; DENSITY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPSYCHE; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PROPERTIES OF FIBER; RAW SILKS; SILK; SILKY FLOSS; TRICHOPTERA;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONTAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; DENSITY; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL FIBER; RAW SILK; SILK FIBER;

EID: 76149087176     PISSN: 12303666     EISSN: 23007354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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