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Extra-Corticle Membranes and Layers of the Wool Fibre

Nature volume 167, pages 231–232 (1951)Cite this article

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IT has been shown1 that peracetic acid renders wool freely soluble in dilute ammonia, except for a small fraction which appears as a tubular membrane. By prolonging both these treatments, it has been possible to obtain further evidence in support of the theory concerning the structure of the outer layers of the wool fibre put forward by Reumuth2, Lehmann3, Swerdlow and Seeman4 earlier, Lindberg, Philips and Gralén5, and Zahn and Haselmann6 more recently.

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MARINER, P. Extra-Corticle Membranes and Layers of the Wool Fibre. Nature 167, 231–232 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167231b0

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