Table IV.

Engineering Strain (ε _E), Stress (σ _E), Work of Deformation (L _E) at Gel Fracture, and Parameters (k and n) from the Stress–Strain Equation (Eq. 3) for Six Grades of Sodium Alginate

Grade	ε E	σ E (kPa)	L E (kJ/m3)	log k	n
1	0.53 ± 0.006	244.58 ± 9.15	33.68 ± 1.72	3.18 ± 0.006	2.88 ± 0.026
2	0.52 ± 0.005	123.32 ± 3.42	17.04 ± 0.85	2.87 ± 0.012	2.78 ± 0.049
3	0.58 ± 0.004	344.00 ± 10.55	49.98 ± 1.97	3.25 ± 0.010	3.01 ± 0.017
4	0.60 ± 0.015	471.88 ± 29.42	69.17 ± 4.39	3.36 ± 0.024	3.11 ± 0.14
5	0.59 ± 0.004	679.15 ± 17.79	101.02 ± 2.84	3.52 ± 0.009	2.93 ± 0.035
6	0.61 ± 0.012	661.47 ± 61.57	96.85 ± 9.92	3.50 ± 0.025	3.24 ± 0.063

Data were reported as mean ± standard deviation calculated based on six replicates