X-ray examination of the effect of removing non-cellulosic constituents from vegetable fibres

X-ray examination of the effect of removing non-cellulosic constituents from vegetable fibres


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ABSTRACT THE celluloso of the cell-wall and fibres of most plants contains closely associated polysaccharide material which is generally a xylan. The cotton hair is unique in being free from


xylan, but manilla hemp, jute and sisal, for oxamplo, may contain as much as 15–20 per cent. The view has been put forward tentatively that tho xylan molecules in such fibres participate in


the micelles and are oriented in the same direction as the cellulose chains1: the period along the fibre-axis of xylose residues in oriented xylan would be very much tho same as that of the


glucose residues in cellulose, and their presence should make no fundamental difference to the X-ray photograph. Tn support of this view there is the well-known fact that actually no such


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subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support SIMILAR CONTENT BEING VIEWED BY OTHERS X-RAY MICROSCOPY REVEALS THE OUTSTANDING CRAFTSMANSHIP OF SIBERIAN IRON AGE TEXTILE DYERS


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INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Textile Physics Laboratory, University of Leeds, W. T. ASTBURY & R. D. PRESTON * Biochomistry Section, Rothamsted Experimental Station, A. G.


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ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE ASTBURY, W., PRESTON, R. & NORMAN, A. X-Ray Examination of the Effect of Removing Non-Cellulosic Constituents from Vegetable Fibres. _Nature_ 136, 391–392


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