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Synthetic Spider Silk Production on a Laboratory Scale
Published on: July 18, 2012
[New procedure for protein spinning: the hydrodynamic process]
Abstract:
In this text, we describe a new protein spinning process called hydrodynamic process. Parameters which are related to production of fibers and which can influence diameter and texture are explained extensively. In this process, a spinning dope is extruded through a spinnerette in a moving coagulation bath in which the fibers are coagulated, stretched and carried.
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