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Turning a Powder Back into a Fiber: Keratin (Question)


Matonis

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Using a patented process I have a tiny amount of dried solubilized keratin, which supposedly can then be used to create fibers.

 

My question is how to preform the later step.

 

In basic terms I broke hair down, took out the keratin, added some "stuff" to it, solubilized and dried it, and now I'm trying to restore it back to fiber form; or at the very least, something more solid than powder.

 

Any help would be much appreciated.

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If keratin can be melted without decomposing (I ignore that) the next step would be extrusion, preferably through many holes since a hair is narrow.

 

Other polymers are rather pulled from the liquid's surface or (polyamide) interface, to get a fibre that is dried, stretched and spun. So you wouldn't dry the solution first.

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