Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15255/KUI.2015.016
Morphology Research of Windmill Palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) Material
C.-J. Chen
; College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, 215 006 Suzhou, P.R. China b Violet Home Textile Company, 226 311 Nantong, P.R. China
Y. Zhang
; College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, 215 006 Suzhou, P.R. China b Violet Home Textile Company, 226 311 Nantong, P.R. China
J.-J. Jia
; College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, 215 006 Suzhou, China
M.-X. Wang
; Violet Home Textile Company, 226 311 Nantong, P.R. China
G.-H. Wang
; College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, 215 006 Suzhou, P.R. China; Nantong Textile & Silk Industrial Technology Research Institute, 226 108 Nantong, P.R. China
Abstract
Windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) fibre was obtained from different parts of windmill-palm trunk sheath and then treated by sodium hydroxide solution and hydrogen peroxide to obtain the treated palm fibril. The appearance of raw windmill palm fibre and treated palm fibril, morphological characteristics, and statistical analysis of fibril length, diameter, and degree of hollowness were studied. The results indicate that the cylindrical windmill palm fibre has a sharp end. Silica-bodies attach themselves uniformly over the fibre, forming a rough surface. Spindly treated palm fibril without convolution has an ellipse cross-section and a larger lumen. Where we obtain the palm fibre has little effect on the characteristics of the fibril. The average length of treated palm fibril is 643.60 μm and the average long diameter is 10.35 μm. The degree of hollowness by elliptic model and paper-cut method correspond well and the difference between them is only 0.36 %. Windmill palm fibril is a natural hollow fibre with a degree of hollowness of about 47.21 %.
Keywords
Windmill palm; fibre; fibril; morphology structure
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145121
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Publication date:
17.9.2015.
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