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Origin of the bimodal “melting” endotherm of α-form crystallites in wool keratin

✍ Scribed by Jinan Cao

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 126 KB
Volume: 63
Category: Article
ISSN: 0021-8995
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19970124)63:4<411::aid-app1>3.0.co;2-u

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✦ Synopsis

The melting endotherm of a-form crystallites in wool keratin appears often to be bimodal. The origin of the bimodal endotherm has been considered to correspond to the differential melting of the a-form crystallites in the domains of ortho-and paracortical cells. An alternative interpretation is presented, in which the bimodal peak arises from the overlapping of the melting endotherm of a-form crystallites and the thermal degradation of other wool histological components.

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