Cellulose: Refutation of a Folded-Chain Structure
- 4 April 1969
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 164 (3875), 72-73
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.164.3875.72
Abstract
Calculations of modulus of elasticity for extended-and folded-chain configurations have been compared with the experimental observations of mechanical properties of native cellulosic fibers. A recent folded-chain proposal is incompatible with the experimental evidence.Keywords
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