THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Hong-Qin Yu

,

Shou-Hui Chen

,

Chong-Wen Yu

,

Yan-Li Chang

EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT RETTING METHODS ON THERMAL STABILITY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HEMP FIBERS

ABSTRACT
Different retting methods were employed in hemp retting, treated hemp fibers by various retting methods were characterized by residual gum content, fineness, tenacity, elongation, and thermal gravimetric analysis. The results indicated that alkali-oxygen one bath process was satisfactory, which achieved hemp fiber with 2.14 tex, residual gum content 2.99% and tenacity 54.33 cN/tex.
KEYWORDS
hemp, retting methods, mechanical properties, thermal stability
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2013-01-18
PAPER REVISED: 2013-04-26
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2013-05-14
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2013-12-28
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI1305538Y
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2013, VOLUME 17, ISSUE No. 5, PAGES [1538 - 1541]
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Effects of different retting methods on thermal stability and mechanical properties of hemp fibers

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