Hair fiber characteristics and methods to evaluate hair physical and mechanical properties

• Main Authors: Maria Valéria Robles Velasco (Author), Tania Cristina de Sá Dias (Author), Anderson Zanardi de Freitas (Author), Nilson Dias Vieira Júnior (Author), Claudinéia Aparecida Sales de Oliveira Pinto (Author), Telma Mary Kaneko (Author), André Rolim Baby (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2009-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The hair thread is a natural fiber formed by keratin, a protein containing high concentration of sulfur coming from the amino acid cystine. The main physical proprieties of the hair depend mostly on its geometry; the physical and mechanical properties of hair involve characteristics to improve: elas...