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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2010 May 31;43(12):2267–2273. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.04.041

Table 3.

Agarose gel properties, for various gel concentrations. For 7% gels, EY and v were measured in freshly cast gels as well as 24 h after casting. HA was calculated from HA =(1−v)EY / (1 + v)(1 − 2v). These properties were used in theoretical predictions corresponding to the tests listed in the last column.

Agarose (%) φw EY (kPa) v k(× 10−15 m4/N s) Tests
6 0.934±0.006 166±28 0.20±0.14 10.3±2.9 1
7 0.918±0.004 212±11 0.31±0.09 6.7±1.1 2,3
7 (24 h) 0.918±0.004 236±48 0.11±0.09 6.7±1.1 5,6
9 0.902±0.005 428±125 0.42±0.02 3.6±0.8 4