Table 4.
Mass of flax and hemp fibers.
| Fibers | Mass of Extracted Fibers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Long | Short | ||||
| % | SD | % | SD | % | SD | |
| FLAX | ||||||
| Water retted | 35.08 a | 0.82 | 25.74 a,b | 1.83 | 9.34 a,b | 0.91 |
| Osmotically degummed | 38.12 b | 0.84 | 29.64 b | 0.91 | 8.48 a | 0.83 |
| Dew retted | 36.25 ab | 1.28 | 24.58 a | 1.92 | 11.66 b | 1.16 |
| HEMP | ||||||
| Water retted | 28.89 a | 0.96 | 17.78 a | 0.96 | 11.11 | 0.96 |
| Osmotically degummed | 34.44 | 0.96 | 28.33 | 1.67 | 6.11 | 0.96 |
| Dew retted | 26.67 a | 1.67 | 18.33 a | 1.67 | 8.33 | 0.00 |
Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD), n = 3. Lowercase letters represent the group for which the mean values do not differ statistically.