Adapting ultrasonic assisted wool scouring for industrial application

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1183-1190

  li, Qing ^a   Ding, Cailing ^b   yu, Hengxing ^b   Hurren, Christopher J ^a   Wang, Xungai ^a,c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Shandong Ruyi Technology Group   (China)

^c WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

industry; retrofitting; ultrasonics; wool; wool scouring

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; INDUSTRY; RETROFITTING; ULTRASONICS; WOOL;

COLOR INDEX; FIBER SURFACE; FIBER TRANSPORTS; RESIDUAL ASH;

YARN;

EID: 84903590211     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: 17467748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517512474365     Document Type: Article

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