
%0 Journal Article
%A E Campbell, M 
%A Whiteley, KJ 
%A Gillespie, JM 
%T Compositional Studies of High-and Low-Crimp Wools
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1972/10/01
%V 25
%N 5
%P 977-988
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9720977
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9720977 
%X Merino wools with high staple crimp frequency contained 20% more cystine than poorly crimped wools of the same strain. These differences were reflected in both the quantity and composition of those components of the high-sulphur fraction of wool keratin that are richest in sulphur. It was found that this greater concentration of disulphide cross-linkages in high-crimp wools was associated with a marked reduction in swelling and supercontraction but has no effect on the stress of single fibres at 30% extension in water. 
