Thorough Characterization of Brazilian New Generation of Eucalypt Clones and Grass for Pulp Production

Table 3

Fiber and vessels characterization of the eucalypt clones and elephant grass species evaluated.

Sample; code	Fibre content, millions/g of pulp	Mean fibre arithmetic length, m	Mean length-weighted fibre length, m	Mean area-weighted length, m	Mean fibre width, m	Mean fibre coarseness, mg/m	Mean fibre curl index, %	Macrofibrillation index, %	Broken fibre content, %	Fine content, % in area	Mean fine area, μm^2	Mean fine length, m	Vessel content, nb/g of pulp	Mean area-weighted length, mm	Mean vessel width, m
U1xU2	29.8	617.5	746.5	742.5	16.0	0.05	4.5	0.48	14.6	7.8	1707	65.5	8132	0.41	186.5
U2xC1	26.2	692.5	843.5	847.0	15.2	0.05	4.3	0.42	14.1	7.2	1666	64.5	3730	0.31	181.2
G1xUGL	27.9	635.0	779.5	775.0	16.5	0.05	5.0	0.45	15.0	8.0	1661	66.0	10795	0.44	185.0
U1xUGL	26.5	637.0	788.0	786.5	17.0	0.06	4.0	0.43	16.0	9.0	1590	64.0	3699	0.45	189.0
U1xC2	32.1	579.0	732.0	729.5	16.1	0.05	5.0	0.55	16.0	11.0	1537	63.0	3523	0.33	185.0
C1xC2	33.5	601.0	753.0	749.0	15.2	0.04	5.5	0.51	14.6	7.5	1594	64.0	3232	0.41	182.0
DGxUGL1	36.6	584.0	729.0	731.5	18.8	0.04	5.0	0.56	18.4	8.8	1512	61.0	1580	0.34	178.1
DGxU2	31.6	622.5	763.0	768.0	17.6	0.05	4.2	0.49	16.4	8.0	1574	61.5	1774	0.32	182.8
C1xUGL	35.8	631.5	791.0	789.5	15.0	0.04	6.1	0.50	14.3	6.8	1499	61.5	2756	0.30	181.4
G1xGL2	30.5	621.0	755.0	752.0	15.9	0.05	4.9	0.47	14.7	8.0	1534	61.5	3502	0.36	188.7
DGxC1	26.1	655.0	790.5	789.5	16.1	0.05	4.4	0.39	15.3	8.0	1663	63.0	7857	0.35	188.1
U2xGL1	37.5	589.0	717.5	719.5	15.7	0.04	5.4	0.58	15.0	7.4	1479	60.5	2891	0.43	183.5
DGxGL2	29.4	567.0	703.0	705.5	18.2	0.06	5.0	0.53	19.4	12.2	1462	58.5	2942	0.37	182.7
U1xD2	31.2	591.5	736.0	740.5	18.8	0.05	4.4	0.54	18.4	9.0	1469	59.0	8484	0.44	183.3
U1xG2	27.8	629.5	766.5	767.0	17.3	0.05	4.4	0.48	15.3	8.9	1751	64.5	10434	0.35	189.3
IP	28.1	562.0	733.0	733.5	16.4	0.06	4.5	0.54	17.7	12.4	1647	64.5	6771	0.43	194.3
VC	30.0	579.0	729.5	733.0	17.3	0.05	4.6	0.52	17.9	9.0	1578	63.5	3101	0.47	186.6
CC	33.8	551.5	692.5	695.5	18.3	0.05	5.1	0.57	18.1	11.6	1633	64.5	7546	0.45	190.2
EG1	14.9	695.5	1131	1114	21.5	0.09	6.8	0.42	26.1	11.9	1987	62	11628	0.45	191.1
EG2	21.7	686.0	1113	1059	19.1	0.06	6.0	0.45	20.6	11.1	2748	73	12023	0.61	205.6