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On-line collection of articles on the properties and uses of hemp fiber in industrial applications.
www.gametec.com
Personal homepage on the history, properties and uses of the hemp plant, and the many products derived from it.
www.angelfire.com
Hemp: Specialty Crop for the Paper Industry
In 1994 a four year research program to evaluate the feasability of the cultivation of hemp (Cannabis sativa L., Cannabinaceae) as a raw material source for the paper industry was finalized. Three aspects, primary production, pulp processing, and paper production, based on an integrated chain model from farm to factory were studied. Author: Anthony Capelle.
www.globalhemp.com
Searchable database of articles and images concerning the history, cultivation, growing, development, products and uses of industrial hemp fiber.
hempology.org
Objective Basis for Evaluation of Differences in Fibre Quality
Analysis of the differences in quality and characteristics between male, female and monoecious hemp fiber plants. From Hempfood.Com. Authors: E. Horkay and J. Bucsa.
www.hempfood.com
Harvesting, Retting and Fiber Separation
Summary of a feasibility study on industrial hemp production in the US Pacific Northwest, dealing with current information and research on hemp harvesting, retting and fiber separation when the crop is grown for fiber. From the US Department of Agriculture. (PDF)
www.globalhemp.com
Utilization of Abaca Fiber as Industrial Raw Material
Paper presented at a sustainable development workshop, providing background information about the commercial cultivation of the abaca or Manila hemp fiber, which could find application as a natural raw material for industrial processes, in particular the automotive composites industry. Authors: Prof. Werner Meuhlbauer and Claus-Peter Hutter. (PDF)
www.euronatur.org
Information about the hemp plant, the applications of hemp fibers in the textile industry, and the politics surrounding the issue. Links to a hemp timeline and fact sheet, a history of use, and books. From Hemp Sisters, Inc.
www.hemp-sisters.com
Differences Between Flax and Hemp
Research into the literature for classic methods of differentiating between flax and hemp fiber, and information about twist discrimination methods. From Autex Research Journal. Authors: Kakub Wiener and others. (PDF)
www.autexrj.org
Industrial Hemp and its Potential for New Zealand
Detailed report for the 1999 Kellogg Rural Leadership Course, providing background information on industrial hemp and the political, legal, economic, social and environmental issues surrounding it, to farmers, fiber processors and New Zealand government bodies involved. Author: Charles Merfield. (PDF)
www.merfield.com
On-line book telling the tale of hemp fiber in the competition for markets, capturing all the significant cross currents of the Industrial Age. Extensive footnotes. Author: David P. West, Ph.D.
www.gametec.com
From the Canadian Department of Agriculture. Procedings of a 1998 symposium on the history, cultivation, processing, characteristics and applications of hemp fiber.
www1.agric.gov.ab.ca
New Processing Strategies For Hemp
Extensive article about the novel technology of steam explosion to transform raw hemp fiber into a material whose texture and properties are comparable with or superior to cotton and cottonized hemp, including an analysis of related economic and environmental factors. Author: Kai M. Nebel.
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