SiroSet publications

By December 3rd, 2010

The following publications detail the work involved in the development of CSIRO’s SiroSet.

Patents

Farnworth AJ, ‘A process for the durable creasing or other permanent setting of woollen or worsted fabrics or other materials containing wool or other keratin fibres’, AU Patent 225,996 – UK Patent 839,516 – FR Patent 1,207,550 – BE Patent 569,090 – and several other countries.

Books

Farnworth AJ, Delmenico J, 1971, Permanent Setting of Wool, Merrow Publishing, Watford, England, ISBN 0 900 54118 0.

Key publications

Caldwell JB, Leach SJ, Milligan B, 1969, ‘Effect of acylation on the setting of wool’, Textile Research Journal, 39: 705-710.

Frazer LA, Leach SJ, Milligan B, 1968, ‘Thermal transitions in reduced wool fibers’, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 12: 1992-1996.

Frazer LA, Leach SJ, Milligan B, 1968, ‘Effect of dimethyl sulfoxide treatments on the settability of wool’, Textile Research Journal, 38: 1201-1203.

Caldwell JB, Leach SJ, Milligan B, Delmenico J, 1968, ‘Formaldehyde treatments for stabilizing set in wool’, Textile Research Journal, 38: 877-878.

Caldwell JB, Leach SJ, Milligan B, 1966, ‘Solubility as a criterion of cross-linking in wool’, Textile Research Journal, 36: 1091-1095.

Caldwell JB, Ledger R, Milligan B, 1966, ‘Sodium benzyloxycarbonyl thiosulphate: a water-soluble acylating reagent’, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 19: 1297-1298.

Leach SJ, 1966, ‘The estimation of thiol and disulphide groups’, In: A laboratory manual of analytical methods of protein chemistry, Alexander P, Lundgren HP (eds), Pergamon Press, Oxford, 4: 1-75.

Leach SJ, Meschers A, Springell PH, 1966, ‘Micro and submicro methods for the estimation of thiol and disulfide groups in insoluble proteins using radioactive mercurials’, Analytical Biochemistry, 15: 18-30.

Caldwell JB, Leach SJ, Milligan B, 1965, ‘Stabilization of set in wool’, Nature, 206: 86-87.

Caldwell JB, Leach SJ, Milligan B, 1965, ‘The mechanism of setting and the release of set in water’, Textile Research Journal, 35: 245-251.

Milligan B, Caldwell JB, Leach SJ, 1965, ‘The role of thiol groups in setting and release of set’, In: Proc. of the 3rd International Wool Textile Research Conference, Paris, CSIRO, 2: 309-317.

Milligan B, Caldwell JB, Holt LA, Leach SJ, 1965, ‘The mechanism of setting and the release of set’, In: Proc. of the 3rd International Wool Textile Research Conference, Paris, CSIRO, 3: 595-603.

Caldwell JB, Dowling LM, Leach SJ, Milligan B, 1964, ‘The mechanism of setting of wool in alkaline solutions’, Textile Research Journal, 34: 939-939.

Caldwell JB, Leach SJ, Meschers A, Milligan B, 1964, ‘The role of thiol groups in the setting of wool’, Textile Research Journal, 34: 627-634.

Leach SJ, Milligan B, 1964, ‘Mechanisms of setting and shrinkproofing of wool’, Nature, 202: 243-244.

Springell PH, Gillespie JM, Inglis AS, Maclaren JA, 1964, ‘The distribution of reactive disulphide bonds in wool. Reductive and oxidative studies’, Biochemical Journal, 91: 17-24.

Farnworth AJ, 1961, ‘Shrinkproofing of wool with reducing agents. Fibre-surface contaminants on wool and their effect on shrinkproofing’, Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists, 77: 483-495.

Farnworth AJ, Lindberg J, 1961, ‘The influence of changes in moisture content on the wrinkle recovery of fabrics, Part I.’, Textile Research Journal, 31: 687-696.

Farnworth AJ, 1960, ‘The permanent setting of wool’, American Dyestuff Reporter, 49: 15-20.

Farnworth AJ, Lipson M, McPhee JR, 1960, ‘The development of washable non-iron effects in pure wool fabrics’, Textile Research Journal, 30: 11-22.

Farnworth AJ, Lipson M, McPhee JR, 1960, ‘Washable non-iron fabrics from wool’, In: Proc of the 2nd International Wool Textile Research Conference, Harrogate, pp.T1504-T1516.

Holt LA, Leach SJ, Milligan B, 1960, ‘Wool setting: the effect of esterification’, Textile Research Journal, 39: 290-293.

Maclaren J A, Leach SJ, O’Donnell IJ, 1959, ‘The oxidation of disulphide groups in proteins’, Biochimica Biophysica Acta, 35: 280-281.

Farnworth AJ, 1958, ‘Permanent creases and pleats in wool garments’, New Scientist, 4: 842-845.

Farnworth AJ, 1958, ‘Durable creasing and pleating of wool fabrics’, Fibres (International), 19: 249-250.

Farnworth AJ, 1957, ‘A hydrogen bonding mechanism for the permanent setting of wool fibers’, Textile Research Journal, 27: 632-640.

Farnworth AJ, 1956, ‘Investigations on suint’, Australian Journal of Applied Science, 7: 233-241.

Farnworth AJ, 1955, ‘The reaction between wool and sulphuryl chloride in the presence of alcohols’, Australian Journal of Applied Science, 6: 230-243.

Farnworth Pre-CSIRO papers (1948-1955)

Farnworth AJ, 1955, ‘The reactivity of the cystine linkages in wool towards reducing agents’, Biochemical Journal, 60: 626-635.

Farnworth AJ, 1955, ‘The reaction between wool and phenyl isocyanate’, Biochemical Journal, 59: 529-533.

Farnworth AJ, 1954, ‘A textile chemical miscellany’, Textile Journal of Australia, 29: 885-889.

Farnworth AJ, 1952, ‘Chemical changes occurring in wool during wet processing’, Textile Journal of Australia, 27: 223-227.

Farnworth AJ, 1950, ‘Testing single fibres’, Textile Journal of Australia, 25.

Farnworth AJ, Neish WJP, Speakman JB, 1949, ‘The reactivity of the sulphur linkage in animal fibres. VI – The cause of unshrinkability’, Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists, 65: 447-453.

Farnworth AJ, Speakman JB, 1949, ‘Reactivity of the sulphur linkage in wool’, Nature, 163: 798-799.

Farnworth AJ, Speakman JB, 1949, ‘The action of sulphuryl chloride on wool’, Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists, 65: 162-166.

Farnworth AJ, Speakman JB, 1948, ‘Chemical mechanism of permanent set’, Nature, 161: 890-891.

Farnworth AJ, Speakman JB, 1948, ‘Action of sulphuryl chloride on wool’, Nature, 161: 850-851.