Particulars | E. binata | Bamboo [26] | Lemon grass [21] | Sofia grass [21] |
Fibre length, (L) mm | 2.20 | 1.91 | 1.09 | 0.87 |
Fibre width, (D) µm | 10.85 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 14.7 |
Lumen diameter (d), µm | 5.86 | 3.31 | 6.73 | 5.07 |
Cell wall thickness (w), µm | 4.14 | 6.75 | 4.62 | 3.86 |
Flexibility coefficient [(d/D) × 100] | 54.00 | 19.70 | 31.1 | 30.0 |
Slenderness ratio (L/D) | 202.76 | 114 | 66.9 | 59.2 |
Rigidity coefficient (2w/D) | 0.76 | 0.80 | 0.57 | 0.53 |
Wall fraction (2w/D) × 100 | 76 | 80 | 57 | 53 |
Runkel ratio (2w/d) | 1.41 | 4.08 | 1.45 | 1.52 |
Luce’s shape factor [(D2 − d2)/(D2 + d2)] | 0.54 | 0.92 | 0.71 | 0.79 |
Solid factor (D2 − d2) × L | 183.45 | - | 240.24 | 165.63 |