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Effect of various treatments on the physical properties of ramie fibre.
| Type of treatment given to the fibre | Stress at peak (MPa) |
Young's modulus (GPa) |
Strain at max. load (%) |
Brightness (l) |
Redness (a) |
Yellowness (b) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw fibre (Control) | 488.94 | 23.40 | 8.571 | 108.25 | 1.48 | 8.55 |
| Chemical (12% NaOH) | 478.73 | 26.06 | 6.78 | 121 | 0.91 | 3.42 |
| Commercial fibre | 374.1 | 13.69 | 13.21 | 115 | 1.03 | 4.75 |
| Enzyme + NaOH (0.04%) | 848.6 | 25.89 | 9.93 | 118.87 | 0.98 | 4.02 |
