The dissolution and characterization of
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Anshu Bagga Mathur; Alan Tonelli; Thomas Rathke; Sam Hudson
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Article
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1997
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Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
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English
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Bombyx mori silk fibroin from the silkworm was found to be soluble in a calcium nitrate-methanol system. Fibroin dissolves in 75% w/v Ca(NO 3 ) 2 /MeOH solution at a temperature of 67ЊC. The viscometric behavior of the fibroin-salt solution was analyzed and the fibroin's secondary structures were de