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Ch. 20 Chemical Texture Services: Understanding Basic Building Blocks of the Hair

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Amino Acidscompounds made up of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and sulfur
Peptide Bondsend bonds, chemical bonds that join amino acids together, end-to-end in long chains, to form a polypeptide chain
Polypeptide chainslong chains of amino acids joined together by peptide bonds
Keratin proteinslong, coiled polypeptide chains
Side bondsdisulfide, salt, and hydrogen bonds that cross-link polypeptide chains together
Disulfide bondsstrongest side bond
Salt bondsweak and easily broken by changes in pH levels
Hydrogen bondsweak,resulting from attraction between opposite electrical charges and easily broken by water,
Cuticletough exterior layer of the hair that protects the hair from damage
Cortexmiddle layer of the hair that is responsible for strength and elasticity
Medullainnermost layer of the hair, called the pith or core of the hair and does not play a role in chemical texture services. May be missing in fine hair


Cosmetology Instructor
Center of Applied Technology North
Severn, MD

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