Visualisation of dislocations in hemp fibres: A comparison between scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and polarized light microscopy (PLM)

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-185

  Thygesen, Lisbeth G ^a   Bilde Sørensen, Jørgen B ^a   Hoffmeyer, Preben ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dislocations; Fibres; Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.); Polarized light microscopy (PLM); Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

DISLOCATIONS; MICROFIBRILS; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY (PLM);

HEMP FIBERS;

DISLOCATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUALIZATION;

HEMP;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

HEMP FIBER; MICROFIBER; NATURAL FIBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33747360744     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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