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bast fiber

[′bast ‚fī·bər]
(botany)
Any fiber stripped from the inner bark of plants, such as flax, hemp, jute, and ramie; used in textile and paper manufacturing.
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This indicates that natural bast fiber has been transformed into inorganic carbon fiber after 300[degrees]C carbonization process in hydrogen ambience.
Photocatalytic Degradation and Hydrogen Production of Ti[O.sub.2]/Carbon Fiber Composite Using Bast as a Carbon Fiber Source
The primary bast fibers are the most valuable product of the stems, and are 3-55 pm long (van der Werf, 1994); they are amalgamated in fiber bundles which can be 1-5 m long (Fig.
Evolution and classification of Cannabis sativa (marijuana, hemp) in relation to human utilization
Physicochemical Characterization of Different Treatment Sequences on Kenaf Bast Fiber. Carbohydrate Polymer 2006; 65: 202-207.
Grafting of Cellulose Extracted from Kenaf Using Xanthate Method
It cotton fiber favourably differs from bast fibers [12].
Changes of superficial properties of cotton cellulose in processes of preparation and finishing of textile materials
Kenaf bast fiber was obtained from KEFI (M) Sdn Bhd, Setiu, Terengganu, Malaysia.
Optimization of blending parameters and fiber size of kenaf-bast-fiber-reinforced the thermoplastic polyurethane composites by Taguchi method
The basic materials of wood shavings, kenaf bast fibers (hereafter "kenaf"), and bicomponent fibers are shown in Figure 1.
Development of low-density wooden molding mat using bicomponent fibers
Atchison explained that chemical pulping of the shorter core fiber is thwarted by the fact that "it just won't drain on a paper machine," and the great length of the bast fiber can interfere with its mechanical pulping.
Alternative fiber sources for newsprint
1723124 Rope (without bast) of bast fibers in a mixture with chemical fibers
Rope Kapron Timofeev (682)
(Poland) branch of French company Safilin, one of the biggest bast fiber spinning mills in Europe.
The 90th Textile Institute World Conference (TIWC) Poznan, Poland 25-28 April 2016
Further we studied the effect of kenaf fiber length and variation of bast fiber retting using chemical and enzymatic retting in poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-valerate)/poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) polymer blends.
Rigid polyurethane and kenaf core composite foams
Kenaf bast fiber bundle-reinforced unsaturated polyester composites IV: effect of fiber loadings and aspect ratios on composite tensile properties.
Mechanical properties of natural fibre (Kenaf, oil palm empty fruit bunch) reinforced polymer composites
It is a perennial bast fiber crop originating from China, and known as "China grass".
Establishment and Optimization of Two-dimensional Electrophoresis (2- DE) Technology for Proteomic Analysis of Ramie

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