Treatment | Brightness | Tensile index | Tear index | Fiber length | Fines content | Fiber curl | Fiber kink |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | (ISO Units)* | (N.m g-1)* | (mN.m2g-1)* | (mm)* | (%)* | index* | index* |
Untreated | 39.5 ± 0.10a | 39.8 ± 5.90 | 7.68 ± 0.50a | 0.93 ± 0.05 | 49.3 ± 0.34a | 0.07 ± 0.002a | 1.48 ± 0.04a |
H2O2 | 55.5 ± 1.00b | 35.8 ± 7.00 | 6.56 ± 0.61a | 1.01 ± 0.05 | 45.2 ± 0.14b | 0.07 ± 0.003a | 1.42 ± 0.03b |
Xylanase + H2O2 | 62.8 ± 0.40c | 42.4 ± 3.90 | 12.2 ± 0.75b | 0.93 ± 0.05 | 40.6 ± 0.90c | 0.09 ± 0.002b | 1.59 ± 0.02c |
Xylanase + Sorbitol + H2O2 | 63.0 ± 0.58c | 46.3 ± 4.90 | 13.1 ± 1.30b | 1.00 ± 0.16 | 39.7 ± 0.30c | 0.10 ± 0.008c | 1.65 ± 0.02d |