Is Mercerization of Cotton Related to Its Bilateral Structure?

1 December 1984

journal article
Published by SAGE Publications in Textile Research Journal

Vol. 54 (12) , 883-885
https://doi.org/10.1177/004051758405401215

Abstract

Electron microscopic evidence was obtained to confirm that the bilateral structure in native cotton fibers influences conversion of lattice from cellulose I to cellulose II during alkali treatment.

Keywords

CELLULOSE
COTTON FIBERS
TREATMENT
MERCERIZATION
COTTON RELATED
ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC
BILATERAL STRUCTURE
LATTICE
MICROSCOPIC EVIDENCE

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