Modifications Caused by Enzyme-Retting and Their Effect on Composite Performance

Bethune seed flax was collected from Canada with seed removed using a stripper header and straw pulled and left in field for several weeks. Unretted straw was decorticated providing a coarse fiber bundle feedstock for enzyme treatments. Enzyme treatments using a bacterial pectinolytic enzyme with ly...

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Main Authors: Jonn A. Foulk, Denis Rho, Mercedes M. Alcock, Chad A. Ulven, Shanshan Huo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/179023
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