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

Table 3

Mean lengths, widths, standard deviations, and aspect ratios of unprocessed and fully processed hemp and flax fibers extracted from composites with fiber content of 40 wt% and plasticizer content of 32.5 wt%.

	Unprocessed			Fully processed
Fiber	Fiber Length (mm)	Fiber Width (mm)	Aspect Ratio	Fiber Length (mm)	Fiber Width (mm)	Aspect Ratio
Hemp	12.62 ± 4.30	0.458 ± 0.143	28	0.544 ± 0.560	0.013 ± 0.008	42
Flax	11.74 ± 2.70	0.403 ± 0.128	29	0.293 ± 0.256	0.019 ± 0.007	15