THE CUTICLE AND PERMANENT WAVE SET 157 0,06 0.04 0.02 0 O.S 1.0 TGA [ mole/I] Figure 5. Differences between the relaxation rates, ARR, for alescaled and normal fibers ( ), and the differences calculated after shifting the curve for the alescaled fibers in Figure 4 by 0.05 M TGA to higher concentrations (---). relaxation rate averaged over both cuticle and cortex (normal hair) would become lower than that of the cortex alone (descaled fiber), yielding a lower set for the normal hair. The mechanisms by which the cuticle affects a decrease of the setting ability of normal hair can be expected to intensify with an increase of the volume fraction of cuticle. Since the number of scale layers is largely invariate with fiber diameter (5), thinner hair, with a consequently larger cuticle/cortex ratio, can be expected to be more difficult to wave than thicker fibers, which is in agreement with experimental observations reviewed by Gershon et al. (18). CONCLUDING REMARK The reactions of the cuticle as well as of the cortex with the reducing agent set up a complex, morphology-controlled diffusion/reaction system the performance of which, by changing the bending stiffness of hair, in the end determines the practically relevant results of a permwave treatment. From a scientific as well as practical point of view, this system requires further investigation. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors wish to thank Prof. H. HiScker and Prof. G. Blankenburg of the Deutsches Wollforschungsinstitut, and Dr. H. Fukusaki, Mr. K. Fujii, Dr. F. Masuda, Mr. I. Honma, and Mr. T. Okumura of the Kao Corporation, for their efforts to establish and

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