Chemistry of Everyday Things

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 11.05.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Background
  4. Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Teacher Resources
  7. Reading List for Students
  8. Appendix 1 State Standards
  9. Endnotes
  10. Bibliography

Polytails and Urban Tumble Weaves: The Chemistry of Synthetic Hair Fibers

Lesia Whitehurst

Published September 2011

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Endnotes

    1Atlanta | The Atlanta Post." The Atlanta Post | African-American News, Business & Black Politics | Career & Small Business Advice For Entrepreneurs. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 July 2011. http://atlantapost.com/tag/atlanta

    2Atlanta | The Atlanta Post." The Atlanta Post | African-American News, Business & Black Politics | Career & Small Business Advice For Entrepreneurs. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 July 2011. http://atlantapost.com/tag/atlanta

    3Dione Rosado,S..Nappy hair in the diaspora: Exploring the cultural politics of hair among women of African descent.Ph.D. diss., University of Florida, In Dissertations & Theses: Full Text [database on-line]; available from http://www.proquest.com (publication number AAT 3271096; accessed July 20, 2011).

    4Deedrick, Douglas 2000 Hairs, Fibers, Crime and Evidence Part 1: Hair Evidence. Forensic ScienceCommunications 2(3). Electronic document, http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/july2000/deedric1.htm, accessed April 16, 2007.

    5Deedrick, Douglas, and Sandra Koch 2004 Microscopy of Hair Part 1. In Forensic Science Communications, Vol. 6. Electronic document,

    http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/jan2004/research/2004_01_research01b.htm,

    accessed April 16, 2007.

    6Dione Rosado,S.Nappy hair in the diaspora: Exploring the cultural politics of hair among women of African descent.Ph.D. diss., University of Florida, In Dissertations & Theses: Full Text [database on-line]; available from http://www.proquest.com (publication number AAT 3271096; accessed July 20, 2011).

    7 U.S. Patent No. 7,759,430 B2 (issued July 20, 2010)

    8 Thrower, Peter A. Materials in Today's World Revised Edition. Pennsylvania: McGraw-Hill, Inc, 1999.

    9 Pritchard, John G. Poly(vinyl alcohol); basic properties and uses. London: Gordon and Breach, 1970.

    10 Chanda, Manas. Introduction to polymer science and chemistry: a problem solving approach. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press, 2006.

    11 Carraher, Charles E.. Introduction to polymer chemistry. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2007.

    12Lipscomb, Robert . Polymer Chemistry Revised Edition. Arlington: National Science Teachers Association, 1995.

    13 U.S. Patent 7906209B2

    14 European Patent 0355749B1

    15 U.S. Patent 3727619

Comments:

Ci Hamilton

May 15, 2016 at 12:39 am

Chemical in synthetic hair

Great into tho the composition of synthetic hair but wonder what if any address the potentially harmful chemicals found in synthetic hair or adverse effects of long term use e.g. plastic ingredient ťriggering estrogen effects.

Porshe Chiles

May 12, 2017 at 2:42 pm

Can synthetic hair be recycled/reused

Is there a way to recycle synthetic hair, in a non-harmful way, as a means of creating other products, or to create more synthetic hair?

Heather N/a Elliott

July 3, 2017 at 9:29 pm

useful information

I landed on this portal while doing research on synthetic hair. It was extremely helpful and informative. thank you

Latisha Krupincza

November 30, 2018 at 9:39 pm

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Ali T

November 26, 2020 at 5:22 pm

Vinegar and Synthetic hair

It's common for people who use symthetic hair (known as Kanekalon) to soak it in vinegar to prevent common irritation and other allergic reactions. I would love to know the chemical reaction and safety aspects of doing this. I think my students would also want to know this. Do you know and are you able to share the reactions?

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