Role of Polysaccharides on Mechanical and Adhesion Properties of Flax Fibres in Flax/PLA Biocomposite

Table 1

Comparison of Young’s modulus (𝐸_𝐿) and tensile stress (σ) of raw-, NaOH-, and enzyme-treated flax fibres measured by single fibre tension test.

	Raw flax	1% NaOH	3% NaOH	5% NaOH	10% NaOH	Enzyme 5 h	Enzyme 18 h
Longitudinal Young’s modulus 𝐸𝐿 (Gpa)	65.3±16	44.3±13	40.5±10	39.2±6	28.5±5	50.5±9	43±10
Tensile strength σ (MPa)	1077±250	702±221	649±220	634±200	564±193	880±180	527±120