Chemical and Physical Behavior of Human Hair

• Main Author: Robbins, Clarence R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2002.
• Edition: Fourth Edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dermatology.; Forensic medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Biomedicine general.; Forensic Medicine.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Human hair is the subject of a remarkably wide range of scientific investigations. Its chemical and physical properties are of importance to the cosmetics industry, forensic scientists, and to biomedical researchers. The fourth edition of this book confirms its position as the definitive monograph o...

Table of Contents:

• Morphological and Macromolecular Structure
• Chemical Composition
• Reducing Human Hair
• Bleaching Human Hair
• Interactions of Shampoo and Crème Rinse Ingredients with Human Hair
• Dyeing Human Hair
• Polymers and Polymer Chemistry in Hair Products
• The Physical and Cosmetic Behavior of Hair.