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Name:  DEBBIE
Status:  student
Age:  17
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Date: 2000-2001
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Why doe's the tensile strength of human hair decrease with temperature increase ?

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Some denaturing of the protein...i.e., breaking of certain cross linking bonds between the keratin fibers disulfide bonds etc. This is related to why moderate heating and setting of hair is a way to reorganize the appearance of hair...ironing to straighten the hair of curling irons to curl it.

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