Question

15. What is retting?​

Answer 1

Answer:

soak (flax or hemp) in water to soften it.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Retting is a process employing the action of micro-organisms and moisture on plants to dissolve or rot away much of the cellular tissues and pectins surrounding bast-fibre bundles, and so facilitating separation of the fibre from the stem

The retting process, also known as degumming, involves the extraction of fiber bundles from the harvested stem. To date, several retting methods are applied; the most traditional, still widely used approaches, i.e., water retting and dew retting (Tamburini et al.)

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