Linen Most Useful: Perspectives on Structure, Chemistry, and Enzymes for Retting Flax
Table 9
Properties of yarns made with enzyme-retted flax fibers and cotton.
Fiber samplea
Viscozyme/EDTA (%/mM)
Single end strength (g/tex)b
Mass evenness (CV)b
Nep imperfections/1000 yards b
Seed flax straw
0.05/50
10.6 ± 2.0
35.9
2659
14.7 ± 3.1
25.5
628
Seed flax straw
0.05/25
8.7 ± 2.2
38.7
3658
13.0 ± 3.2
27.1
647
Ariane (early)
0.05/50
11.2 ± 2.0
38.3
3373
13.8 ± 3.3
28.9
736
Ariane (early)
0.05/25
9.3 ± 1.8
39.9
3250
13.9 ± 4.0
25.2
597
Ariane (early)
0.3/50
9.7 ± 1.6
36.7
2961
11.4 ± 3.1
24.6
572
Ariane (early)
0.3/25
10.0 ± 1.7
35.1
2312
13.9 ± 2.5
26.1
571
Ariane (early)
Dew-retted
9.8 ± 1.7
38.7
2811
13.7 ± 2.4
24.6
555
Ariane (late)
0.05/50
9.3 ± 1.9
43.5
3205
14.3 ± 2.3
25.2
665
Upland cotton
NA
17.4 ± 1.8
19.4
461
aSeed flax straw was grown in North Dakota, USA in 1999. Ariane was grown optimally as a winter crop in South Carolina, USA, 1999, for fiber (early) or to maturity for seed (late).
bThe top value in each column is a 50/50 blend of flax and cotton. The bottom number in each column is a 90/10 cotton/flax blended yarn. The flax was commercially cleaned through the Unified Line and LaRoche cottonization systems. Data adapted from [33].
