The structure and properties of wool and hair fibres

Handbook of Textile Fibre Structure

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 108-145

  Wortmann, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A keratin; Biological fibre matrix composite; Hair; Mechanical properties; Thermal transitions

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; GLASS TRANSITION; KERATIN; MAMMALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; WOOL; YARN;

AMORPHOUS MATRICES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; HAIR; HAIR FIBRES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; THERMAL TRANSITIONS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 84909646032     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845697310.1.108     Document Type: Chapter

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