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Table 1 Physical and mechanical properties of flax, hemp, and cattail fiber

From: Novel cattail fiber composites: converting waste biomass into reinforcement for composites

Parameters

Flax

Hemp

Cattail

Length (cm)

6.64 (2.3)

0.4–21a

6.98 (1.2)

Diameter (µm)

80.2 (32.7)

138.3 (31.9)a

32.1 (8.6)

Density (g/cm3)

1.49 (0.004)

1.57 (0.003)

1.39 (0.005)

Tensile strength (MPa)

180.1 (126.1)

172.1a

172.3 (99.3)

Modulus (GPa)

11.3 (10.7)

28.5a

18.1 (9.7)

  1. aFahimian 2013