Table 1 Diameters of the raw and the treated cellulose fiber bundles.

From: Chemical–physical and dynamical–mechanical characterization on Spartium junceum L. cellulosic fiber treated with softener agents: a preliminary investigation

Sample

Diameter (μm)

Max

Min

Meana

SD

Raw fiber

200

50

124

44

TTAB

70

35

55b

11

LP

105

40

69b

18

LS

78

40

57b

11

  1. aAveraged over 60 fiber bundles diameter determination on the full data set coming from the same softener at room temperature (irrespective of concentration and time).
  2. bMean value significantly different with respect to that of the raw fiber at the 0.01 level (one-way ANOVA test).
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