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Evaluation of the shedding potential of textile materials
K De Wael1, L Lepot, K Lunstroot
1National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology, Fibres & Textiles Laboratory, Vilvoordsesteenweg 100, 1120 Brussels, Belgium. kris.dewael@just.fgov.be
Science & Justice : Journal of the Forensic Science Society
|November 16, 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.

