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ONE of the more recent processes for making wool unshrinkable consists in synthesizing an organic polymer on the surface of the fibres1, thus masking the surface-scale structure which is the primary cause of shrinkage. Precisely similar results may be obtained with inorganic polymers.
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NEISH, W., SPEAKMAN, J. Unshrinkable Wool. Nature 156, 176 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156176b0
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