Table 11.
Properties of Bioprep-retted and Viscozyme-retted linseed flax varieties.
| Retting formulation1 | Fine fiber yield (%)2 |
Strength (g/tex)3 |
Elongation (%)3 |
Fineness4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermes Bioprep; M | 5.9 ± 0.3bc | 36.7 ± 0.9a | 1.9 ± 0.21a | 4.1 ± 0.2a |
| Hermes seed flax Viscozyme + M | 5.0 ± 0.6c | 21.3 ± 1.8c | 1.4 ± 0.1b | 3.0 ± 0.1b |
| Omega seed flax Bioprep; M | 8.4 ± 0.3a | 30.5 ± 0.1b | 2.0 ± 0.1a | 1.1 ± 0.1c |
| Omega seed flax Viscozyme + M | 6.3 ± 0b | 20.7 ± 1.5c | 1.1 ± 0.1c | 1.2 ± 0c |
1Bioprep and Viscozyme used at under optical conditions for the enzymes. M is Mayoquest 200 used to provide 18 mM EDTA as chelator. In use with Bioprep, incubated with M follows after enzyme soak. In use with Viscozyme, M is used with enzyme mixture.
2Percent of fiber after passing cleaned fiber through the Shirley Analyzer.
3Modified test method ASTM D1445-95, 1999.
4Airflow method.
a,b,cValues followed by different letters differ at P ≤ 0.05.
Data modified from [35].