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Figures & data
Table 1. Chemical composition of cardoon fibres
Table 2. Mechanical properties of most common vegetable fibres (Thyavihalli Girijappa et al. Citation2019)
Figure 1. Study area geographic position.
Table 3. Italian cultivated area for horticultural crops and Cardunculus cultivation (ha)
Table 4. Italian production of horticultural crops and Cardunculus cultivation (t)
Figure 2. Distribution of cardunculus cultivated surface area within the Sicily region.
Figure 3. Cardunculus production distribution within Sicily region.
Figure 4. Available cardoon stems distribution within Sicily region.
Figure 5. Cardoon stems distribution. (a) Polygon centroid for developing heatmaps. (b) Heatmap distribution based on the computed cardoon stem production.
Figure 6. Distribution within Sicily region of the recyclable sheep wool protein-based fibres as potentially reinforcements for bio-composite material.
Figure 7. Distribution within Sicily region of both recyclable sheep wool and cardoon stem cellulose-based fibres as potentially reinforcements for bio-composite material.
