Natural Cellulose Fibers from Hop Stems for Textiles and Composites

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Current Textile Market 70 million tons annual consumptionworldwide 13 million tons in the USA (18% of world) 23 million tons of cotton worldwide $600 billion annual textile market in theUSA Second largest industry
Limitations of Current Fibers Natural Fibers• Land, water and other natural resources• Increase in demand, but decrease in production Synthetic Fibers• 55% of total fibers• Non-Renewable petroleum resources• 230 Million barrels of oil in USA• Increase in price
Page 1: Natural Cellulose Fibers from Hop S
Page 5 and 6: Chinese Raw Cotton Needs (500 lb/ba
Page 7 and 8: Sources for Non-Traditional Biofibe
Page 9 and 10: Nontraditional BiofiberInitiatives
Page 11 and 12: Applications of the Non-Traditional
Page 13 and 14: Developing TextilesCornhusk/Cotton
Page 15 and 16: Properties of Alternative FibersFib
Page 17 and 18: Fibers from Hop Stems Advantages•
Page 19 and 20: Conclusions Hop stems for fibers•

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