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Table 11 Breaking strength of different cultivars/varieties of cotton, canola, flax, and hemp fibres for Weibull two-parameter reliability analysis (N = 80)

From: Fibre attributes and mapping the cultivar influence of different industrial cellulosic crops (cotton, hemp, flax, and canola) on textile properties

Sl

Cotton

Breaking strength (cN/tex)

Canola

Breaking strength (cN/tex)

Flax

Breaking strength (cN/tex)

Hemp

Breaking strength# (cN/tex)

1

FM832 (Avg*: AFIS, HVI)

28.44

Hero

2.3

B5

53

Uso 11 (1995)

61

2

MD51neOK (Avg: AFIS, HVI)

26.72

Reston

5.7

F1

46

Kompolti HTC (1995)

55

3

MD15 (Avg: AFIS, HVI)

36.75

Mercury

4.8

Arawa

52.95

Uso 31 (1995)

58

4

G45 (Avg: Vibroscope, HVI)

39.33

Venus

2.5

Makaweroa

55.38

Uniko B (1995)

55

5

G87 (Avg: Vibroscope, HVI)

40.38

Neptune

3

Tapamangu

52.6

VxKompolti

38

6

G88 (Avg: Vibroscope, HVI)

39.56

Global

3

Hermes (2003)

94.39

Beniko

53

7

G86 (Avg: Vibroscope, HVI)

40.27

Westar

2.4

Ariane (2002)

86.89

Bialobrzeskie

75

8

G90 (Avg: Vibroscope, HVI)

32.5

O2R276

2.2

Alaska

44.84

Fedora 19

57

9

Xiangcaimian 2

27.5

Sentry

4.3

Unknown (BTMAH-treated)

41.54

Felina 34

58

10

Wanmian 39

24

Defender

2.3

Agatha

56.12

Futura 77

77

11

Sumian 9

32

Steallar

2.4

Ariane (2007)

47

Novosadski

53

12

Laxmi

47

Apollo

3

Hermes (2007)

36.26

Secuieni 1

63

13

D-33

50

Polo

3

Omega

29.89

Unknown Canadian cultivar

35.52

14

Reba B-50

53

Arid

3.4

Laura

34.6

Uso 11 (1996)

58

15

MCU-8

48

Reward

1.8

Unknown Belgian (short flax) cultivar

35.57

Uso 31 (1996)

48

16

St Vincent (Pressley)

59.92

Red River 1861

1.2

Everest

43.02

Kompolti HTC (1996)

52

17

Giza 12 (Pressley)

49.76

UM 2407

4.2

Alizee

60.81

Uniko B (1996)

75

18

Memphis (Pressley)

41.36

UM 2257

2.4

Oliver

48.74

Fedora 17 (2006)

52.85

19

Texas (Pressley)

43.24

HYHEAR 1

8.5

Hivernal

72.61

Fedora 17 (2009)

24.69

20

Bengals (Pressley)

40.49

Topas

2.9

Marylin

77.67

Fedora 17 (2017)

29.56

  1. *Avg: average of two data-point measurements between two different testing machines
  2. # Tensile strength (MPa) = (9.81) x breaking tenacity (gram-force/tex) × (ρ gm/cc) as used by Shuvo et al. (2019) considering densities (g/cc) of 1.54, 1.34, 1.54, and 1.48 for cotton, canola, flax, and hemp, respectively