45867

Accession Number

21013

Author

Hu, W.; Yanagi, Y.; Arai, M.; Hirabayashi, K.; Yoshitake, N.

Author Affiliation

Univ of Tokyo;Tokyo Univ of Agri and Technol

Title Of Article Chaper

Effect of humidity on the degradation of silk

Title Of Journal Book

Journal of sericultural science of Japan

Volume

52

Issue

2

Pages

127-130

Collation

9 refs.

Language Of Text

Japanese

Literature Type

Serial

Literature Level

Analytic

Abstract

Mechanical properties of raw silk fibers were determined over a period of eighteen hundred days under varying conditions of relative humidity. Methods and results are reported. The degradation of the raw silk fibers increased with the duration of exposure to high levels of humidity. -- AATA

Keywords

Silk Degradation Humidity;Fiber Humidity Test

pub_id

45867