Experimental Study of Fiber Length and Orientation in Injection Molded Natural Fiber/Starch Acetate Composites

Table 1

Mean fiber lengths, standard deviations, minimum and maximum lengths of the fully processed flax, and hemp fibers in the composites.

Fiber	Fiber content (wt%)	TEC content (wt%)	Mean Fiber Length (mm)	Standard Deviation (mm)	Min. Length (mm)	Max. Length (mm)
Flax	10	20	0.347	0.257	0.043	1.506
Flax	10	25	0.317	0.268	0.024	1.566
Flax	10	32.5	0.334	0.262	0.028	1.282
Flax	10	35	0.498	0.473	0.016	2.686
Flax	40	20	0.151	0.105	0.028	0.697
Flax	40	25	0.252	0.196	0.024	1.100
Flax	40	32.5	0.293	0.256	0.020	1.572
Flax	40	35	0.297	0.247	0.033	1.218
Hemp	40	32.5	0.544	0.560	0.029	2.459