Natural Fibers Density Measurement Methods: Factors Affecting Density Result in Helium Gas Pycnometry

Figures & data

Figure 1. (a) Enset fiber (b) Chopped enset fiber (c) Desiccation and (d) Samples.

Figure 2. Microscopic image of diameter dimension (a) glass fiber and (b) enset fiber.

Table 1. Density estimation measured diameter.

S.N	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10	Mean
Diameter (µm)	171	185	78	201	69	82	60	50,12	101	141	113,81
Length (mm)	101	99,5	100	100,5	101	101	98,7	100	100	100,8	100,25
Density (g/cm^3)	1,079	1,319	1,184	1,011	1,207	1,236	1,298	1,136	1,273	1,287	1,203

Table 2. Density estimation measured diameter.

S.N	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10	Mean
Diameter (µm)	171	185	78	201	69	82	60	50,12	101	141	113,81
Length (mm)	101	99,5	100	100,5	101	101	98,7	100	100	100,8	100,25
Density (g/cm^3)	1,079	1,319	1,184	1,011	1,207	1,236	1,298	1,136	1,273	1,287	1,203

Figure 3. Purging duration effect on the fluctuation of density measurement results.

Figure 4. Effects of size of volume cell and amount of material in it.

Figure 5. Effects of fiber length on result fluctuation.

Figure 6. Enset density measured using gas pycnometry.