| Download | - View final version: Application of electro-technologies in processing of flax fiber (PDF, 711 KiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/fib1020021 |
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| Author | Search for: Nair, Gopu; Search for: Rho, Denis1; Search for: Raghavan, G. |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Biotechnology Research Institute
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | flax fiber; electro-osmosis; microwave; non-thermal; retting |
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| Abstract | Flax fibers used for various applications are obtained from flax stems. Retting followed by drying and mechanical separation leads to the production of fibers. This review article discusses the application of electro-technologies in the production of bast fibers from the flax stem. In these technologies, flax stems harvested from the field are subjected to microwave assisted retting, followed by electro–osmotic dewatering which reduces the water content of the stems. Dewatered stems are transferred to a microwave chamber for further drying, thus retted stems are obtained for further processing. |
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| Publication date | 2013-08-30 |
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| Publisher | MDPI |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 23004186 |
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| Record identifier | 0db8a130-e3a1-464d-9ade-feac59735735 |
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| Record created | 2018-10-09 |
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| Record modified | 2020-05-30 |
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