The influence of ferrous contaminations or keratin treatments on the degradation of bast fibers induced by the irradiation with ultraviolet rays was investigated. The ferrous contaminations accelerated the degradation. The treatments with keratin were effective for suppression of the degradation, and enhanced the tensile strengths of bast fibers.
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