V—THE PRODUCTS OF FRAGMENTATION OF TEXTILE FIBRES, AS SEEN IN THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
- 1 February 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the Textile Institute Transactions
- Vol. 44 (2) , T53-T58
- https://doi.org/10.1080/19447025308659727
Abstract
Electron microscope pictures are presented of the products of wet dis-integration of various textile fibres in a Waring Blendor. The absence of clear-cut fibrils in the product from cuprammonium rayon is of particular interest. Dry abrasion of cotton fibres, and the use of a thermal precipitator to collect the resulting air-borne detritus at successive stages, permits of the examination of isolated particles and avoids the re-impaction which frequently occurs in dry grinding methods. Particles resulting from a mild acid treatment of cotton are also shown. A tentative explanation is given of the relation of the observed particles to known structures in the cotton hair.Keywords
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