Wood versus Plant Fibers: Similarities and Differences in Composite Applications

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</svg>) and (b) stiffness as a function of the fiber weight fraction of unidirectional flax fiber/polyethylene terephthalate composites. Vertical dotted lines indicate the transition fiber weight fraction. Data from [<a href="../../564346/#B72">75</a>]. </table></div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="564346.fig.007a" src="https://static-01.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2013/564346/figures/564346.fig.007a.jpg" /></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="564346.fig.007b" src="https://static-01.hindawi.com/articles/amse/volume-2013/564346/figures/564346.fig.007b.jpg" /></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></div>

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