Improving the whiteness and photostability of wool

Advances in Wool Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 217-247

  Millington, Keith R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; WOOL;

APPAREL MARKETS; FLUORESCENT WHITENING; PASTEL SHADES; PHOTO-STABILITY; WOOL COLOURS;

YARN;

EID: 84902221230     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845695460.2.217     Document Type: Chapter

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