Tensile properties of hemp and Agave americana fibres

Handbook of Tensile Properties of Textile and Technical Fibres

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 73-99

  Thamae, Thimothy ^a   Aghedo, Stanley ^a   Baillie, Caroline ^a   Matovic, Darko ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agave americana fibre; Hemp fibre; Tensile strain; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; HEMP; HEMP FIBERS; MERCERIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NATURAL FIBERS; STRAIN; TENSILE STRAIN;

BREAKING STRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL PROPERTY; FIBRE SURFACES; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; PROCESSING CONDITION; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; TENSILE BEHAVIOUR; ZIG-ZAG STRUCTURES;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84941286403     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845696801.1.73     Document Type: Chapter

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