Table 6.
Retted fibre samples characteristics.
| Retting condition | Sample code | Fibre properties |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight loss (%) | Fineness (tex) | Bundle Strength (gm/tex) | Elongation (%) | Fibre color (Yellowness index) | ||
| Concrete Tank 1 (Without natural catalyst) | A4 | 73.5 | 1.58 | 41.7 | 1.79 | 72.7 |
| Concrete Tank 2 (2.5% natural catalyst) | B3 | 74.5 | 1.60 | 42.8 | 1.80 | 80.3 |
| Concrete Tank 3 (5% natural catalyst) | C2 | 75 | 1.56 | 45.1 | 1.76 | 82.7 |
| Concrete Tank 4 (7.5% natural catalyst) | D1 | 76 | 1.51 | 48.5 | 1.70 | 84.9 |
| Existing method (Without catalyst) | E5 | 73 | 1.70 | 42.1 | 1.77 | 53.4 |