Physical and Chemical Properties of Wool Fibre
Wool fibre is a protein known as keratin. Keratin is made up of amino-acids joined by peptide linkages. In addition to carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen it also contains sulphur. The amino-acids present in wool are mainly bulky, while silk has chiefly small amino-acids. Due to this wool is relatively amorphous. The polymer system of wool is[…]