Effects of alkali, mild steam, and chitosan treatments on the properties of pineapple, ramie, and sansevieria fiber bundles

Journal of Wood Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-35

  Munawar, Sasa Sofyan ^a   Umemura, Kenji ^a   Tanaka, Fumio ^a   Kawai, Shuichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fiber texture; Fiber treatments; Morphology; Plant fiber; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ALKALINITY; CHITOSAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

FIBER TREATMENTS; PINEAPPLES; SANSEVIERIA FIBER BUNDLES;

FIBERS;

ANANAS COMOSUS; BOEHMERIA NIVEA; SANSEVIERIA;

EID: 39749146071     PISSN: 14350211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10086-007-0903-y     Document Type: Article

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