Morphological Structure of Ramie for Acoustic
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2023-07
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Journal of The Textile Association
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Ramie a flowering plant in the nettle family Urticaceae, is considered as minor cellulosic fiber. Having beautiful brown colour, lustrous and good strength, these fibers are used for clothing since ages. As the extraction process is tedious and quality may differ depending upon the maturity, there are limitation in products. With the enzyme treatment the fibers were soften and changes in the structure will increase the commercial value of these fibers by using it for technical textile product. To identify the potentiality of the fibers for sound absorbing materials further an assessment was carried out to know structural changes by analysing both the untreated and treated fibers using various ASTM test methods – Bundle strength, SEM, FTIR, XRD and EDS. On comparing the results with previous studies, it was observed that the fibers are more aligned and porous which is needed for developing sound absorbing samples. Thus, these fibers were taken further to spinning and fabric manufacturing levels for the development of woven sound absorbing materials.
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Enzyme Treatment, Ramie Fiber, Sound Absorbing Materials, Structural Properties
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Arpita Desai, A. Karolia & Hireni Mankodi, “Morphological Structure of Ramie for Acoustic”, Journal of the Textile Association, 84/2 (112-116), (July-August'23),