4. Animal fibers
Textile fibers of animal origin are mainly protein-based. The best-known are wool (generally from mammals) and silk (spun by insects and spiders). . As the mechanical properties of bristles are of great interest, they are detailed below.
4.1 Silkworm
Silkworm silk has been used by man for centuries. Silk is synthesized by the silkworm, which is the larva, or caterpillar, of a lepidopteran insect (ceriogenous insect), the Bombyx mori or mulberry Bombyx....
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Bibliography
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Pierre and Marie Curie University
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Professional organizations
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Standards and norms
- Reinforcing fibers – Flax fibers for plastic composites – Part 1: Terminology and characterization of flax fibers. - AFNOR NF T 25-501-1 - 2015
- Reinforcement fibers – Flax fibres for plastics composites. Part 3. Determination of tensile properties of technical fibres. - AFNOR NF T 25-501-3 - 2015
- Reinforcement fibers – Flax fibres for plastics composites. Part 2. Determination of tensile properties of elementary...
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