Table 3. Morphological Properties of Raw Materials and Papermaking Properties of the Corresponding Pulp.
| tensile
index (N·m/g) |
burst
index (kPa·m2/g) |
tear
index (mN·m2/g) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| raw materials | fiber length (mm) | fiber width (μm) | wall thickness (μm) | slender ratio | runkel ratio | flexibility coefficient | unrefined | refined | unrefined | refined | unrefined | refined |
| bagasse | 1.36 | 16.2 | 1.9 | 79.2 | 0.317 | 73.45 | 58.96 | 85.41 | 3.41 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 5.98 |
| bamboo | 2.0 | 18.4 | 2.6 | 108.7 | 0.4 | 70.65 | 25.8 | 60.8 | 1.2 | 5.5 | 12.1 | 14.5 |
| banana pseudo stem | 1.22 | 14.81 | 1.51 | 82.37 | 0.27 | 78.3 | 44.64 | 76 | 3.59 | 5.16 | 10.1 | 6.85 |
| banana leaf | 1.92 | 13.75 | 2.52 | 139.63 | 0.57 | 63.3 | 48.74 | 83.7 | 3.69 | 5.93 | 10.58 | 7.6 |
| banana peduncle | 1.5 | 25.18 | 1.27 | 59.57 | 0.16 | 86.2 | 48.5 | 70.4 | 3.11 | 4.54 | 7.47 | 7 |
| cassava stalks | 0.65 | 25.5 | 2.09 | 25.49 | 0.204 | 78.9 | 38.1 | 52.9 | 1.2 | 2.43 | 4.6 | 5 |
| chia stalks | 0.67 | 15.55 | 1.91 | 43.1 | 0.34 | 71.43 | 43.3 | 72.3 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 5.9 | 4.4 |
| corn stalks | 0.9 | 15.7 | 1.78 | 57.3 | 0.33 | 66.9 | 52.39 | 78 | 2.82 | 4.15 | 6.85 | 5.36 |
| cotton stalks | 0.9 | 17.2 | 2.21 | 52.3 | 0.36 | 71.1 | 25.2 | 66 | 1 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 5 |
| dhaincha stalks | 0.73 | 19.5 | 2.12 | 37.4 | 0.28 | 78.7 | 55.6 | 93.7 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 8.1 | 8.1 |
| eggplant stalks | 0.58 | 13.2 | 2.49 | 43.84 | 0.678 | 55.61 | 34.1 | 58.2 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 6.65 | 6.85 |
| jute fiber | 2.02 | 10.8 | 3.5 | 187.03 | 1.71 | 37.96 | 28.9 | 85.7 | 2.2 | 6.8 | 18.7 | 20.8 |
| jute stick | 0.67 | 20.7 | 3.5 | 32.37 | 0.54 | 62.3 | 34.8 | 70.3 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 6.3 |
| kash stalks | 0.86 | 13.6 | 2 | 63.2 | 0.408 | 72.1 | 64.71 | 87 | 3.31 | 5.26 | 6.85 | 6.6 |
| kaun straw | 0.814 | 13.9 | 3.3 | 58.56 | 1.015 | 46.76 | 42.8 | 67.3 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 6.23 | 4.98 |
| mulberry | 0.65 | 16.3 | 2.21 | 39.88 | 0.391 | 69.38 | 33.59 | 67.56 | 2.24 | 3.79 | 7.47 | 6.9 |
| mustard stalks | 0.87 | 13.7 | 2.53 | 63.5 | 0.61 | 60.1 | 43 | 73.5 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| okra stalks | 1.14 | 21 | 1.75 | 54.29 | 0.339 | 77.23 | 40.1 | 78.2 | 2.14 | 4.04 | 7.47 | 7.06 |
| pineapple leaves | 1.06 | 7.35 | 1.9 | 144.2 | 1.08 | 47.6 | 40.3 | 73.2 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 7.21 | 7.1 |
| red lentil stalks | 0.74 | 14.3 | 2.32 | 51.7 | 0.49 | 66 | 36.1 | 58.6 | 1 | 3.3 | 2 | 3 |
| rice straw | 0.78 | 11.6 | 1.83 | 83.87 | 0.56 | 60.21 | 60.5 | 80.4 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 6.4 |
| wheat straw | 0.97 | 9.3 | 1.99 | 83.62 | 0.65 | 61.63 | 36.1 | 53.5 | 2.14 | 3.11 | 5.6 | 4.98 |