Comparative evaluation of physical and structural properties of water retted and non-retted flax fibers

Gopu Raveendran Nair; Ashutosh Singh; Malgorzata Zimniewska; Vijaya Raghavan

doi:10.3390/fib1030059

Comparative evaluation of physical and structural properties of water retted and non-retted flax fibers

Gopu Raveendran Nair, Ashutosh Singh, Malgorzata Zimniewska, Vijaya Raghavan

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	59-69
Number of pages	11
Journal	Fibers
Volume	1
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/fib1030059
State	Published - Dec 1 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Flax
Linear density
Tenacity
Water retting

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Ceramics and Composites
Civil and Structural Engineering
Biomaterials
Mechanics of Materials

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