Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 99, Issue 1, Pages 94-99Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2006.11.050
Keywords
hemp fiber; chemical modification; chemical composition; tensile properties; sorption properties
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Hemp fibers are very interesting natural material for textile and technical applications now. Applying hemp fibers to the apparel sector requires improved quality fibers. In this paper, hemp fibers were modified with sodium hydroxide solutions (5% and 18% w/v), at room and boiling temperature, for different periods of time, and both under tension and slack, in order to partially extract noncellulosic substances, and separate the fiber bundles. The quality of hemp fibers was characterised by deter-mining their chemical composition, fineness, mechanical and sorption properties. The modified hemp fibers were finer, with lower content of lignin, increased flexibility, and in some cases tensile properties were improved. An original method for evaluation of tensile properties of hemp fibers was developed. (C) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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