Science & Justice
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 192-194, December 2010

Evaluation of the shedding potential of textile materials

National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology, Fibres & Textiles Laboratory, Vilvoordsesteenweg 100, 1120 Brussels, Belgium

Received 27 January 2010; received in revised form 27 May 2010; accepted 2 June 2010. published online 08 July 2010.

Abstract 

A practical method is proposed to assess the shedding potential of textile materials. The evaluation of the sheddability is based on the use of adhesive tapes and on comparison, using three different sheddability scales for cotton, wool and fine man-made fibres.

Keywords: Fibre examination, Sheddability, Shedding evaluation, Fibre transfer

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PII: S1355-0306(10)00068-7

doi:10.1016/j.scijus.2010.06.001

Science & Justice
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 192-194, December 2010

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