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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 21.
Published in final edited form as: Biomacromolecules. 2011 May 24;12(6):2375–2381. doi: 10.1021/bm200463e

Table 2.

Summary of the Average Mechanical Test Performance of All the Fibers Tested in the Study

materials
strength
extension
Young’s modulus
toughness
σmax (MPa) εmax(%) Einitial (GPa) (MJ/m3)
(MaSp1)16 as-spun 16.32 ± 6.68 1.46 ± 0.43 1.06 ± 0.50 0.11 ± 0.07
stretched 53.93 ± 9.52 4.50 ± 4.07 3.11 ± 1.40 1.70 ± 2.04
(MaSp1)24 as-spun 35.65 ± 8.42 3.13 ± 1.84 2.78 ± 0.53 0.87 ± 0.63
stretched 132.53 ± 49.20 22.78 ± 19.06 5.70 ± 2.43 23.73 ± 18.46