The average length of a bast fiber is 12 mm, but primary fibers originating from the. Bast fiber plants are grown primarily for their fiber content. Retting is the process of allowing microbes, or in the modern day chemicals, to digest the fibers away from the stalk of the plant. Samples of kenaf hibiscus cannabinus grown in malaysia were examined to determine the kraft pulp and papermaking properties of their bast or bark fibers. From both commercial and biotech nological points of view, the most important fiber types are bast phloem fibers, mostly used for textiles, and fibers of the secondary xylem used as the major raw material for paper production 11.
Besides cellulose macromolecules are integrated into microfibrils in the bast fibers, which in merged in to macrofibrils, fibers, fiber bundles, technical fibers and. Pulp and paper from kenaf bast fibers article pdf available in fibers and polymers 71. Figure ii bast fibre content in stems of selected european cultivars. During plant growth from bf to sm, the thickness of bast fibres and of.
Jun 11, 20 what you are referring to actually combining optical cables doesnt exist, primarily because of how difficult it would be to make. As stated earlier the chemical contents of sisal fiber were determined using chinese standards for bast fibers. However, there are devices that couple optical inputs and combine them, such as this one. Using kraft pulping process showed that bast fibers were relatively easy to cook resulting good pulp yields in the range of 4551%. The former, typical of jutekenaf bast fibres, are characterized by the presence of xylan and a. Bast fibers, such as flax and hemp, have a long history of cultivation and use. Kenaf bast were hermetically digested into single fiber using a 5% sodium hydroxide solution for one hour at four different temperatures 80 c, 110 c, c, and 160 c. For evaluation of various pulps, handsheets were made in. Bast fibres are processed for use in carpet, yarn, rope, geotextile netting or matting, traditional carpets, hessian or burlap, paper, sacks, etc.
Some come from the bast, or inner stem of a plant, like flax or hemp. Figure i bast skin or bark and hurd core fibres in a hemp stem. Effect of fiber extraction methods on some properties of. The properties of bast fibers are influenced by conditions of cultivation, retting, and processing. The actual fibres are located between the epidermis, or bark surface, and an inner woody core.
Bast fibers fibers contained in the stalks of terrestrial seed plants. It is anticipated that settings used for polyester or polyamide should be used as a starting point should this route be needed. Bast fibre bundles are often several feet long and composed of overlapping cellulose fibres and a cohesive gum, or pectin, which strengthens the stem of the plant. Due to their stiffness and low cohesiveness, ramie fibers are typically blended with. Transcriptome assembly of the bast fiber crop, ramie, boehmeria. Both methods require 14 to 28 days to degrade the pectic materials, hemicellulose, and lignin. Pulp and paper from kenaf bast fibers researchgate. The fiber reference image library fril is a database of images of textile fibers acquired through the use of multiple microscopic techniques, and was created with support from the national center for preservation training and technology ncptt. The chemical components of the different scale fibers were analyzed. What you are referring to actually combining optical cables doesnt exist, primarily because of how difficult it would be to make. The composition of the kenyan sisal fiber was 6369% cellulose, 10% lignin, 18% hemicellulose, 0.
Retting rotting is the microbial decomposition of the pectins which bind the fibers to the woody inner core of the plant stem. A staple fiber is a fiber of relatively short length, as is the case with most natural fibers, which range from a few millimeters e. Bast fibers are capable of subdivision into very fine flexible strands and are used for the best grades of cordage and fabrics. How to merge pdfs and combine pdf files adobe acrobat dc. Examples of bast fibers are flax, hemp, ramie, jute, abaca, cantala, henequen, sisal, pineapple, mitsumata, gampi, and kozo. A bast fiber comes from a plant and is usually inside the inner bark of the stems. Ramie is a bast fiber obtained from the stem of ramie, a perennial shrub. Therefore, some properties of the bast fabers related to these aspects become important. The walls of bast fibers are markedly and uniformly thickened, often with pronounced stratification, simple pores, and a very narrow cell cavity. Kenaf bast fiber has attracted a great deal of attention for its lignin characteristics. Due to their stiffness and low cohesiveness, ramie fibers are typically blended with other fibers such as cotton and linen.
Ramie and hemp have a very long history of use, going back to as early as the first century a. The second experiment investigates isolated hemp bast fibers sampled at. Bast fiber definition is a strong woody fiber obtained chiefly from the phloem of plants and used especially in cordage, matting, and fabrics. Bast fibers are used for textiles, rope, and paper.
In contrast to most textile fibers which consist mainly of cellulose, jute fibers are part cellulose, part lignin. Kenaf is an annual plant composed of bast and core 2. Bast fibers can reduce cost, reduce weight, reduce manufacturing time, and improve safety. Bast fibre also called phloem fibre or skin fibre is plant fibre collected from the phloem the inner bark, sometimes called skin or bast surrounding the stem of certain dicotyledonous plants. A comparative study of the effect of field retting time on. Flax and ramie are fine and white, and are mainly cellulose. Some of the economically important bast fibres are obtained from herbs cultivated in agriculture, as for instance. Retting is the main challenge faced during the processing of bast plants for the production of long fibre. Flax is a bast fibera woody fiber obtained from the phloem of plants. The jute fibers are very long 1 to 4 metres, silky, lustrous and golden brown in colour. Bast fibers and sometimes the associated xylem tissue constitute the main source of stem fibers. Ramie and hemp are two major fibers among the other traditional fibers cotton, silk, hemp, ramie, and wool used in korea. Bast fibres are also used in the nonwoven, moulding, and composite technology industries for the manufacturing of nonwoven mats and carpets, composite boards as furniture materials, automobile door panels and headliners, etc.
Bast fibers are produced from renewable agricultural crops grown with no pesticides and little or no herbicides. Based on the raw kenaf bast fibers, the yields of retted fibers and bleached fibers were 44. A similar growth and processing route to that described above is followed for the production of the other bast fibres. Mar 25, 2010 other bast fibers include hemp, ramie and some bamboo. In processing bast fibers, this step is the removal of woody portions by rinsing and dying the stems scutching in processing bast fibers, this step separates the fibers from one another and removal of short and irregular fiber. Bast fibers or skin fiber is a plant fiber collected from the phloem the inner bark or the skin or bast surrounding the stem of certain plants. Retting is a microbial process that breaks the chemical bonds that hold the stem together and allows separation of the bast fibers from the woody core.
Since antiquity, bast fibers have been obtained by retting and breaking the stem. The traditional methods for separating the long bast fibres are by dew and water retting. Biorefiner mechanical pulping of bast type fibers harmohinder s. Bast and other plant fibres, a title in woodhead publishings series on fibres published in association with the textile institute, uk, is the first book in over 50 years to cover the most interesting plant fibres and those with high annual production. Effect of alkali treatment on the quality of hemp fiber. Please, select more pdf files by clicking again on select pdf files. In this paper, the properties of bast fibers, including fiber length, fineness, tenacity, softness were tested and evaluated to determine which is better for developing fabrics pleased by the consumers by using optimal design theory. Other bast fibers include hemp, ramie and some bamboo. Transcriptomic profiling of hemp bast fibres at different.
To change the order of your pdfs, drag and drop the files as you want. Such fibres, usually characterized by fineness and flexibility, are also known as soft fibres, distinguishing them from the coarser, less flexible fibres of the leaf, or hard, fibre group. It derives from the stalk or stem of linum suitatssimum. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Strong, woody fibers obtained from the phloem tissues of many plants. Flax is probably the most labour and agrochemical intensive of the bast fibres, the other natural fibres normally have reduced agrochemical inputs and will thus impose a lower environmental burden. Bast and other plant fibres other titles in the woodhead publishing limited series on fibres, published in associatio.
Flax is grown both for its seeds and for its fibers. Bast fibre, soft, woody fibre obtained from stems of dicotyledonous plants flowering plants with netveined leaves and used for textiles and cordage. There are a number of ways that one can ret fiber plants pond, stream, field also called dew retting, and snow retting are the nonmodern non chemical methods used most often. Table 4 depicts the densities of kenaf bast fiber produced from different methods of extraction, i. Pdf bast fiber applications for composites researchgate.
Jute and hemp are coarse and brownish, and contain ten to fifteen percent lignin. In this study, the comparison of field retting of hemp fibres. Bast fibers have been used for thousands of years, before petrochemical fibers were developed and pushed them aside. Easily combine multiple files into one pdf document. Bast fiber article about bast fiber by the free dictionary. Soft fiber definition is any of various cordage or textile fibers such as flax, hemp, jute, or ramie obtained from the stems of plants and typically of softer texture and greater length than hard fibers obtained from leaves.
The two tradition al types of retting are field and water retting. Kozo paper mulberry brousssonetia papyrifera bast soak overnight soda ash, 20% of fibers dry weight 4 hours beaten by hand with a mallet, restraint dried on a board strong and rattly. Bast fibers and polyester fibers will burn if exposed to flame. Bast fibers are obtained from the stems and leaves of the plants. Flax fiber is extracted from the bast or skin of the stem of the flax plant. Since the valuable fibers are located in the phloem, they must often be separated from the xylem material woody core, and sometimes also from epidermis.
Such fibres, usually characterized by fineness and flexibility, are also known as soft fibres, distinguishing them from the coarser, less flexible fibres of the leaf. Jul 30, 2011 as beginners, most spinners learn to spin with wool and then move on to experience other fibers like silk or cotton, and sometimes they will consider the bast fibers, specifically, flax and hemp. Industrial bast fibers obtained by primary treatment of bast plants are widely used in the textile industry to manufacture yarn. Do not expose fibers to open flame or other ignition source. From both commercial and biotech nological points of view, the most important fiber types are bast phloem fibers, mostly used for textiles, and fibers of the secondary xylem used as the major raw material for. Its a cellulose fiber, similar to cotton, so it doesnt have any elasticity or memory like most animal protein fibers. Pulp and paper from kenaf bast fibers fibers and polymers 2006, vol. Fril contains comparative images of textile fibers examined using brightfield, darkfield. Bast fibres such as linen, which is the most costly and luxurious within this category, are valued for their exceptional coolness and freshness in hot weather. Bast fibres properties university of the arts london. The plants used for the production of bast fibers include herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees of dicotyledons such as flax, hemp, sunn, kenaf, jute, ramie, papermulberry, mitsumata, and gampi. Pdf what is jute fiber, how to bleaching and dyeing of. The yield of the pure cellulose microfibers was 26. The following kinds of bast fibers are distinguished.
Bast fiber definition of bast fiber by merriamwebster. Ramie is valued primarily for its long, strong phloem i. This composition provides a desirable blend for many pulp and paper applications, spurring continued interest and development, schroeter, 1994. Evolution and classification of cannabis sativa marijuana, hemp in relation to human utilization. Bast fibers article about bast fibers by the free dictionary. It is such a desirable commodity that textiles in a linenweave texture, even when made of nettles, hemp, jute, kenaf, bamboo and other nonflax fibers are also often loosely referred to. The extraxylary fibers are sometimes combined into a group termed as bast fibers, such as kenaf hibiscus cannabinus bast fiber. As beginners, most spinners learn to spin with wool and then move on to experience other fibers like silk or cotton, and sometimes they will consider the bast fibers, specifically, flax and hemp. Fril contains comparative images of textile fibers examined using brightfield, darkfield, polarized light, and differential interference contrast. Using transmitted light microscopy, bast fibers are identified by their prominent nodes, and long fibers. Roselle should be merged with bissap wormrunner talk 14. Chemical and physical modification of hemp fibres by steam. For some of us the idea of spinning flax and hemp may seem to be a bit of a daunting task. Kenaf is hibiscus cannabinus and roselle is hibiscus sabdariffa.
Bast and other plant fibres pdf free download epdf. Light weight, softness and comfort are becoming the development priority for the bast fabrics for apparel use. Bast fibres processing university of the arts london. Depending on variety or usage type and planting density, bast fibres typically account for 2030 % of the stalk.
Flax fiber is not so fine as cotton, is longer than cotton. Dec 22, 2011 the extraxylary fibers are sometimes combined into a group termed as bast fibers, such as kenaf hibiscus cannabinus bast fiber. Bast fiber definition of bast fiber by the free dictionary. Any of various durable fibers found in the phloem of certain plants, especially flax, hemp, and jute, used in making rope and baskets. The objective of this study was to develop a hermetical alkali digestion process to obtain single cellulosic fibers from kenaf bast. This report investigates the ongoing research and development of prolific bast fiber crops noted for. Ramie is a cellulosic fiber with a high percentage of crystalline crystalline regions, resulting in strong but stiff fibers. Nonwood fibers short course note s, updated and expanded august 2001. Such fibres, usually characterized by fineness and flexibility, are also known as soft fibres, distinguishing them from the coarser, less. The soft fibers are the bast fibers that are found mainly in the pericycle or secondary phloem of dicotyledon stems. Soft fiber definition of soft fiber by merriamwebster. Documents and settingsownermy documentscute site web. Can you merge fibre optics cables, like two roads merge.
Plant fibers that can be processed by hand beating or in a. Pdf bast fibres are defined as those obtained from the outer cell layers of the. Steps in processing bast fibers sues science and history. Can you merge fibre optics cables, like two roads merge into. It supports the conductive cells of the phloem and provides strength to the stem. The assembly was performed by merging the reads obtained previously on a. They are characterized by low weight and excellent range of mechanical properties. Bolton, mohanty and misra, nabi saheb and jog, bledzki et al.
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