A procedure for identifying textile bast fibres using microscopy: Flax, nettle/ramie, hemp and jute

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1192-1197

  Bergfjord, Christian ^a   Holst, Bodil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fibre identification; Polarised light microscopy; Textile bast fibres

Indexed keywords

BAST FIBRE; CALCIUM OXALATE CRYSTALS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COTTON FIBRES; CROSS SECTION; FIBRE IDENTIFICATION; LIGHT MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; TEXTILE FIBRE; X RAY MICRODIFFRACTION;

BAST FIBERS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBIDE; COTTON FIBERS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; FLAX; HEMP; LINEN; TEXTILES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN;

FIBERS;

CALCIUM OXALATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLAX; HEMP FIBER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JUTE; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY; RAMIE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEXTILE FIBER;

BOEHMERIA NIVEA; CANNABIS SATIVA; CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; URTICA;

EID: 77955510135     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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