Chlorine is considerably more effective than other oxidizing agents in reducing the felting power of wool. Explanations have previously been advanced in terms of either the chemical or the physical effects of the treatments. The two ap proaches can be linked by considering how the different chemical reactions produce modified cuticle cells which have different water-sorptive capacities and, consequently, are softened to different degrees in water.
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