Volume Changes During Water Binding to Hair Fibers

August 1980 in “ Acs Symposium Series ”

M. M. Breuer, Edmund M. Buras, Abraham Fookson

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Studysummary Hair increases in size when it absorbs water, and treatments like bleaching affect how much water it can take in.

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