Comparative Evaluation of Physical and Structural Properties of Water Retted and Non-retted Flax Fibers
Flax stems of Modran variety were subjected to water retting under laboratory conditions and its physical properties were compared with non-retted fibers. Physical properties including percentage of impurities, weighted average length, linear density, tenacity and elongation were analyzed and the re...
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| author | Vijaya Raghavan Gopu Raveendran Nair Malgorzata Zimniewska Ashutosh Singh |
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| description | Flax stems of Modran variety were subjected to water retting under laboratory conditions and its physical properties were compared with non-retted fibers. Physical properties including percentage of impurities, weighted average length, linear density, tenacity and elongation were analyzed and the results were compared. The analysis of retted and non-retted flax fibers showed that retting is the most important step in the processing of flax fibers and it directly affects quality attributes like strength, fineness, and homogeneity. Scanning Electron microscope images of fibers were also analyzed and the retted fibers showed much cleaner surface when compared to decorticated non-retted fibers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1239c91d2e2b4a51917cc18aed5668632022-12-22T02:07:08ZengMDPI AGFibers2079-64392013-10-0113596910.3390/fib1030059Comparative Evaluation of Physical and Structural Properties of Water Retted and Non-retted Flax FibersVijaya RaghavanGopu Raveendran NairMalgorzata ZimniewskaAshutosh SinghFlax stems of Modran variety were subjected to water retting under laboratory conditions and its physical properties were compared with non-retted fibers. Physical properties including percentage of impurities, weighted average length, linear density, tenacity and elongation were analyzed and the results were compared. The analysis of retted and non-retted flax fibers showed that retting is the most important step in the processing of flax fibers and it directly affects quality attributes like strength, fineness, and homogeneity. Scanning Electron microscope images of fibers were also analyzed and the retted fibers showed much cleaner surface when compared to decorticated non-retted fibers.http://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/1/3/59flaxwater rettinglinear densitytenacity |
| spellingShingle | Vijaya Raghavan Gopu Raveendran Nair Malgorzata Zimniewska Ashutosh Singh Comparative Evaluation of Physical and Structural Properties of Water Retted and Non-retted Flax Fibers Fibers flax water retting linear density tenacity |
| title | Comparative Evaluation of Physical and Structural Properties of Water Retted and Non-retted Flax Fibers |
| title_full | Comparative Evaluation of Physical and Structural Properties of Water Retted and Non-retted Flax Fibers |
| title_fullStr | Comparative Evaluation of Physical and Structural Properties of Water Retted and Non-retted Flax Fibers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparative Evaluation of Physical and Structural Properties of Water Retted and Non-retted Flax Fibers |
| title_short | Comparative Evaluation of Physical and Structural Properties of Water Retted and Non-retted Flax Fibers |
| title_sort | comparative evaluation of physical and structural properties of water retted and non retted flax fibers |
| topic | flax water retting linear density tenacity |
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