Table 1.
Chemical composition of Luffa Cylindrica fibers (LCFs) and comparison with other natural fibers.
Fig 1.
Luffa Cylindrica samples.
Fig 2.
Solutions in which Luffa Cylindrica fibers (LCFs) have been treated and immersed.
Fig 3.
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of the longitudinal position of Luffa Cylindrica fibers (LCFs): (a) dry fibers, (b) fibers immersion in mineral water, (c) fibers immersion in seawater, (d) fibers immersion in CH3COOH, (e) fibers immersion in NaHCO3, and (f) fibers immersion in C2H6O.
Fig 4.
Graphical representing the Absorption tests of Luffa Cylindrica fibers (LCFs).
Table 2.
Tensile analysis of Luffa Cylindrica fibers (LCFs).
Fig 5.
Stress-strain graphical curves for (a) dry fibers, (b) fibers immersion in mineral water, (c) fibers immersion in seawater, (d) fibers immersion in CH3COOH, (e) fibers immersion in NaHCO3, and (f) fibers immersion in C2H6O of Luffa Cylindrica fibers (LCFs).
Fig 6.
Maximum elongation comparison for untreated (dry) and treated Luffa Cylindrica fibers (LCFs).
Table 3.
Mechanical properties of Luffa Cylindrica fibers (LCFs).
Fig 7.
Two and three Weibull distributions for the Stress, Strain, and young’s modulus.
Table 4.
ANOVA summary.
Table 5.
ANOVA output.