The tensile recovery of animal fibers in water has been measured in a manner similar to that previously described [1] for animal fibers at 65% R.H. The tensile recovery measured in water was much less sensitive for detecting chemical modification than the tensile recovery at 65% R.H.
Even after very severe chemical modification, water-soaked animal fibers showed almost perfect tensile recovery.
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Burte, H.M., TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL24, 414-22 (1954).
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Harris, M., Mizell, L.R., and Fourt, L., Ind. Eng. Chem.34, 833 (1942).
