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AN investigation has been carried out by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in collaboration with the National Physical and Chemical Laboratories and the Imperial Institute, of the mechanical properties of the fibre from nettle stems (Urtica dioica) and other plants native to Great Britain, and of methods of extraction. The nettle fibre has been found to be suitable for the manufacture of high–grade paper, and possibly of textiles, while the leaves are commercially valuable for the extraction of chlorophyll. Arrangements were made for the extensive collection of this abundant raw material during 1941.
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Recent Investigation of New Plant Fibres. Nature 148, 659 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/148659c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/148659c0