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What is Chemical hair relaxing?
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The chemistry of thio relaxers and permanent waving is exactly the same. True or false?
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What is Chemical hair relaxing? A process or service that rearranges the structure of curly hair into a straighter or smoother form.
The chemistry of thio relaxers and permanent waving is exactly the same. True or false? True
What bondsd ddo all relaxers and permanent waves break? Disulfide.
What are the two most common relaxers? Thio (Ammonium Thioglycolate) and Sodium Hydroxide.
Extreamly curly hair grows in... long twisted spirals or coils
True or False: Cross sections of extreamly curly hair are highly elliptical and vary in shape and thickness. True
True or false: Relaxers are acidic False
What ingrtedient is in the Thio relaxer? ATG (Ammonium Thioglycolate)
About what pH does a thio relaxer have? About 10
What is viscosity? the measurment of the thickness or thinness of a liquid that affects how the fluid flows.
What is the neutralizer used with thio relaxers? An oxidizing agent
What does the thio neutralizer do? rebuilds the disulfide bonds tat were broken by thio relaxer
What is one way a relaxer can be applied? Bowl and Brush, Applicator bottle, or the back of a rubber comb.
True or false: An aalysis of the clients hair and scalp, along with a test of elasticity, and porosity is not manditory. False.
What is the active ingredient in the Hydroxide relaxers? Hydroxide ion
True or False: The hydroxide relaxer is very acidic. False
Hydroxide relaxders have a pH of... 13
What are the different types of hydroxide relaxers? Sodium, Potassium, lithium, and Guanidine hydroxide.
Hydroxxide relaxers swell hair... up to twice ots normal diameter.
What is the average pH of hair? 5
What is lanthionization the process by which hydroxide relaxers permanently straighten the hair, the relaxers remove sulfur atom from a disulfide bond and convert it into a lanthionine bond.
How many sulur atoms do disulfide bonds have? two
True or False: dISULFIDE BONDS CAN NEVER BE RE FORMED true
What is a base cream? an oily cream used to protect skin and scalp during hair relaxation.
Wat are the three different strength relaxers? Mild- Strength, Regual- Strength, Super-Strength
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