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Observations on the Setting Properties of Keratin Fibres
Author(s) -
Jenkins A. D.,
Wolfram L. J.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
journal of the society of dyers and colourists
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1478-4408
pISSN - 0037-9859
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-4408.1964.tb02576.x
Subject(s) - keratin , cystine , chemistry , slip (aerodynamics) , basis (linear algebra) , biophysics , polymer science , chemical engineering , mathematics , thermodynamics , biochemistry , biology , physics , geometry , cysteine , engineering , genetics , enzyme
On the basis of experiments with samples of hair of widely differing cystine contents, it is postulated that two distinctly different mechanisms of setting exist, viz. co‐operative chain unfolding and molecular slip, each of which is operative under appropriate conditions. This postulate has been successfully tested by application to results obtained with various setting agents.