ITALY'S MILK WOOL.
Microscope Shows Synthetic
Weaknesses.
RESULT OF BRITISH TESTS
(Received 0.30 a.m.)
LONDON, February 23
The Wool ndustries Research Association's report on Italian milk wool states that its appearance is similar to Merino wool tops, except that there is no crimp, while the feel is harsher, says the Bradford correspondent of the Australian Associated Press.
The microscope shows the fundamental difference —that the new fibre does not possess scales like wool, turns yellow and weakens in alkali, swells lengthwise 7J per cent, compared with 1A per cent in wool when wet, and also lacks elasticity. It shows greater affinity with acid dyes than wool, and moreovef does not possess the characteristics enabling it to compete with natural wool except in abnormal conditions. It may be mixed with cotton and rayon to produce cheap cloth for Italy in her present economic circumstances.
It is an interesting technical achievement, but does not bring nearer the molecular structure with all the properties of wool.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 46, 24 February 1936, Page 7
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