loofa (#2578)
| ID-number | #2578 |
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| Material | loofa |
| Classification | ECN Phyllis classification ▸ grass/plant ▸ other plants |
| NTA 8003 classification ▸ [200] biomassa uit land- en tuinbouw ▸ [240] gewassen ▸ [249] overige gewassen | |
| Submitter organisation | ECN (Netherlands) |
| Submission date | 2003-04-08 |
| Remarks | fibrous skeleton, used as bathsponge |
| Literature | J.S. Han: Properties of Nonwood fibers. 1998 Proceedings of the Korean Society of Wood Science and Technology annual meeting.(1998) |
Values
| Property | Unit | Value | Std dev | Det lim | Lab | Date | Method | Remarks | ||||||||||||
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| ar | dry | daf | ||||||||||||||||||
Chemical Analyses |
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Biochemical composition |
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| Cellulose | wt% (dry) | 56.38 | Sugar Analysis | |||||||||||||||||
| Hemicellulose | wt% (dry) | 15.66 | Sugar Analysis | |||||||||||||||||
| Lignin | wt% (dry) | 13.60 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
C5 |
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| Arabinan | wt% (dry) | 0.24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Xylan | wt% (dry) | 14.89 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sum C5 | wt% (dry) | 15.13 | Calculated | |||||||||||||||||
C6 |
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| Mannan | wt% (dry) | 0.17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Galactan | wt% (dry) | 0.36 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Glucan | wt% (dry) | 56.38 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rhamnan | wt% (dry) | 0.15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sum C6 | wt% (dry) | 57.06 | Calculated | |||||||||||||||||
| Total ash + biochemical | wt% (dry) | 85.79 | Calculated | |||||||||||||||||