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Science 4 April 1969:
Vol. 164. no. 3875, pp. 72 - 73
DOI: 10.1126/science.164.3875.72
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Cellulose: Refutation of a Folded-Chain Structure

Richard E. Mark 1, P. N. Kaloni 1, Ruen-Chiu Tang 1, and Peter P. Gillis 1

1 Wood Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506

Calculations of modulus of elasticity for extended-and folded-chain configurations have been compared with the experimental observations of mechanical properties of native cellulosic fibers. A recent folded-chain proposal is incompatible with the experimental evidence.


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