Designation:D6798−02(Reapproved2013)´1StandardTerminologyRelatingtoFlaxandLinen1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6798;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ε1NOTE—Theterm“averagefiberwidth”wasaddededitoriallyinSeptember2014.1.Scope1.1Thisterminologycoversdefinitionsoftechnicaltermsrelatedtoflaxandlinen.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D123TerminologyRelatingtoTextilesD7879TestMethodforDeterminingFlaxFiberWidthsUsingImageAnalysis3.Terminology3.1Definitions:averagefiberwidth(µm),n—thearithmeticmeanwidthofaselectedgroupoffibersinatwo-dimensionalimageplane.DISCUSSION—Theselectedgroupoffibersisdependentuponthecapturingdeviceandsoftwareparametersassetbytheopeator.D7879bastfibers,n—inflaxstems,fibersfoundinthelayerofphloemoftheflaxstembetweentheinnerxylemtissueandtheepidermistissue.breaking,v—inflaxstems,thecrushingofthestructureofthestem;looseningthebondbetweenthefiberbundlesandshivesandbreakingtheshivesintoshortpiecestofacilitateitsremoval.combing,v—inflax,theprocessingoftowsoastoproducetopsorsilverwhichhavethestaplelengthandwidthsuitableforuseintheworstedspinningsystem.cottonizing,v—inflax,theprocessingofflaxfibersoastomakeitsuitableforuseinthecottonspinningsystem.decorticating,v—inflax,theprocessofmechanicallysepa-ratingfiberbundlesfromstraw.de-seeding,v—inflax,theprocessofremovingseedsandseed-holdingstructuresfromplants.fiberbundle,n—inflax,groupofultimatefiberswhichareheldtogetherintheflaxstembypectins,ligninsoranycombinationthereof.flax,n—thegenericnameforplantsthatarebotanicallyclassifiedasLinumusitatissimum,whicharecultivatedforseedand/orfiber.hackling,v—inflax,theprocessofcleaningandaligninglong-linefiberstoimprovefinenessandremovenon-fibrousmaterialsandshortfibers.linen,n—ayarnorfabricmadesolelyfromflaxfiber...
