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Relaxer Questions

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