Hardening of locust sclerites |
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| Authors: | HR Hepburn I Joffe |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;2. Department of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | The tanning process of presumptive solid cuticle was shown to be correlated with both the tensile force at fracture and the tangent modulus. Both of these physical parameters are closely related to the biochemical events associated with the tanning process. |
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