Table 6.
Chemical evaluation of flax and hemp fibers.
| Fibers | Content of: | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waxes and Fats | Lignin | Pectin | Cellulose | Hemicellulose | ||||||
| % | SD | % | SD | % | SD | % | SD | % | SD | |
| FLAX | ||||||||||
| Water retted | 1.42 a | 0.05 | 3.07 a | 0.11 | 1.16 a | 0.15 | 74.83 a | 0.68 | 14.43 a | 1.22 |
| Osmotically degummed | 1.84 | 0.06 | 3.49 a | 0.20 | 1.44 a | 0.16 | 74.87 a | 0.68 | 14.57 a | 0.28 |
| Dew retted | 1.50 a | 0.09 | 5.29 | 0.60 | 2.50 | 0.20 | 72.29 a | 0.93 | 18.93 | 0.42 |
| HEMP | ||||||||||
| Water retted | 0.19 a | 0.00 | 2.78 | 0.12 | 0.66 | 0.06 | 70.36 a | 0.62 | 21.22 | 0.12 |
| Osmotically degummed | 0.21 a | 0.01 | 4.25 a | 0.03 | 1.07 | 0.17 | 70.13 a | 0.45 | 15.99 | 0.13 |
| Dew retted | 0.26 | 0.01 | 4.11 a | 0.01 | 2.27 | 0.29 | 71.42 a | 0.66 | 18.96 | 0.13 |
Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD), n = 3. Lowercase letters represent the group for which the mean values do not differ statistically.