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Effect of physical and chemical modifications on microcrystalline parameters of silk fibers
Author(s) -
Somashekarappa H.,
Selvakumar N.,
Subramaniam V.,
Somashekar R.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19960314)59:11<1677::aid-app3>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - silk , tenacity (mineralogy) , materials science , microcrystalline , crystallinity , composite material , polymer science , diffraction , enthalpy , polymer chemistry , optics , chemistry , crystallography , thermodynamics , physics
Wide‐angle X‐ray diffraction studies of physically and chemically treated silk fibers like bivoltine mulberry silk and tassar silk were carried out to evaluate their crystal size, lattice distortion, and minimum enthalpy, as these determine the properties of silk fibers. The results are also compared with tenacity measurement. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.