Linen Most Useful: Perspectives on Structure, Chemistry, and Enzymes for Retting Flax

Table 13

Properties of 50 : 50 flax : cotton blended yarns after atomized enzyme treatment.

Treatment	Single end strength (g/tex)	Elongation (%)	Strength CV (%)	Neps/250 yards	Thick places/250 yards	Thin places/250 yards	Irregularity CV (%)
Untreated	10.85	5.73	8.98	22	573	138	18.2
Buffer	7.32	5.90	11.33	17	235	64	20.8
Lipase	8.49	6.65	10.8	8	150	23	18.0
Arabinase	8.50	5.95	7.55	9	137	34	18.4
Xylanase	8.24	5.70	9.00	6	175	66	19.7
Cellulase	7.39	6.33	13.71	24	230	40	22.2

Data modified from [14, 36].