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Permeability of Keratin Membranes

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BARRER1 has suggested that the diffusion of vapours through media in which sorption and swelling occur are governed by a generalized form of Frick's Law, in which the diffusion constant is a function of the vapour concentration in the specimen.

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  1. "Diffusion in and through Solids" (Cambridge University Press).

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  1. Wool Industries Research Association, Torridon, Headingley, Leeds, 6

    G. KING

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KING, G. Permeability of Keratin Membranes. Nature 154, 575–576 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154575b0

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