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THE uptakes of neutral, aliphatic molecules by human hair from their aqueous solutions of given concentrations seem to be much lower than those of similar aromatic compounds. Thus uptakes of methanol, ethanol and propanol by hair were all found to be less than 3×10−4 mole g−1 at a concentration of 1 mole 1−1 (unpublished work of J. C. Bell and M. M. Breuer), compared with uptakes of 2–3×10−3 mole g−1 observed for various phenols1 at the same molar concentration.
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BREUER, M. Binding of Aromatic Compounds by Hair. Nature Physical Science 229, 185–186 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci229185a0
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