Fiber Extraction Methods and Types
- Fiber extraction methods: retting, decortication, ginning
- Bast fibers: harvested from phloem tissue
- Hard fibers: harvested from plant vascular bundles
- Surface fibers: harvested from plant epidermal tissue
Paper and Fiber Sources
- Common fiber sources before industrialization: ramie, hemp, linen, cotton
- Invention of deinking process by Justus Claproth in 1774
- Introduction of wood pulp in 1843 reduced dependence on recycled materials
- Wood pulp and deinking as related topics
Examples of Fiber Crops
- Examples of bast fibers: bamboo (mechanical process), dogbane, esparto, flax, hemp
- Examples of hard/leaf fibers: hoopvine, jute, kenaf, lotus, nettles
- Examples of surface fibers: papyrus, ramie, Spanish broom, tilia (Linden or Lime)
- Examples of leaf fibers: abacá, piña, sisal, bowstring hemp, henequen
- Examples of seed and fruit fibers: coir, cotton, kapok, milkweed, luffa, walissima
References
- Levetin and McMahon's book 'Plants and Society'
- Agripulp as a source on pulping agricultural crops
- Nonwood Alternatives to Wood Fiber in Paper as an archived source
- Göttsching and Pakarinen's book on recycled fiber and deinking
- Li et al.'s study on bamboo water-retting for fiber bundle extraction
Additional Information and Requests
- Comparison study between Spanish broom and flax fibers
- Information on Tilia (Linden or Lime) from Flora of North America
- Paper sizes as a related topic
- Need for additional citations to verify information
- Request for improvement and removal of template message
Fiber crop Data Sources
| Reference | URL |
|---|---|
| Glossary | https://www.alternix.com/blogs/glossary-of-terms/fiber-crop |
| Wikipedia | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_crop |
| Wikidata | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1147096 |
| Knowledge Graph | https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/02kyrr |
