In this investigation,
the relationship between fiber properties
and papermaking properties of 22 non-wood materials at the unrefined
and refined states was assessed. The fiber length had positive and
the cell wall thickness had negative correlation on the strength properties
for the refined pulp. The relationship between papermaking properties
with pulp quality, such as fines, curl index, kink index, external
fibrillation, and coarseness, was also determined. The correlations
of multiple regression equations of fiber quality parameters were
70.4% for the tensile index and 84.9% for the tear index for the refined
pulp. The correlations of multiple regression equations of chemical
characteristics of the samples were 81.9% for the pulp yield and 42.7%
for the kappa number. Holocellulose and α-cellulose had a positive
and lignin had a negative effect on the pulp yield.