TY - JOUR
TI - Effects of different retting methods on thermal stability and mechanical properties of hemp fibers
AU - Yu Hong-Qin
AU - Chen Shou-Hui
AU - Yu Chong-Wen
AU - Chang Yan-Li
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2013
VL - 17
IS - 5
SP - 1538
EP - 1541
PT - Article
AB - Different retting methods were employed in hemp retting, treated hemp fibers  by various retting methods were characterized by residual gum content,  fineness, tenacity, elongation, and thermal gravimetric analysis. The  results indicated that alkali-oxygen one bath process was satisfactory,  which achieved hemp fiber with 2.14 tex, residual gum content 2.99% and  tenacity 54.33 cN/tex.