Types, structure and mechanical properties of silk

Handbook of Tensile Properties of Textile and Technical Fibres

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 144-178

  Jauzein, Vincent ^a   Colomban, Philippe ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori silk; Mechanical properties; Microstructure; Regenerated silk; Spider silk

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BOMBYX MORI SILK; FIBRE STRUCTURE; REGENERATED FIBRES; SILK FIBRES; SPIDER SILKS; STRENGTH AND ELONGATIONS; TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS; TEXTILE APPLICATIONS;

SILK;

EID: 84941264892     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845696801.1.144     Document Type: Chapter

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