Table 4.

Mean (standard deviation) of the hardness (Shore Units) and Tensile bond strength (MPa) of the soft liners after 12 days immersion in different drinks

	Hardness				Bond Strength
	50% Ethanol	8% Ethanol	Coca-Cola	Water	50% Ethanol	8% Ethanol	Coca-Cola	Water
Coe-Soft	12.43Aa (2.84)	16.52Ab(1.51)	23.28Ac(3.87)	31.31Ad(3.37)	0.500Aa(0.011)	0.452Ab(0.011)	0.410Ac(0.014)	0.351Ad(0.012)
Visco-gel	13.08Aa(2.42)	15.46Ab(1.55)	24.08Ac(4.23)	31.18Ad(2.87)	0.494Aa(0.013)	0.443Ab(0.012)	0.408Ac(0.014)	0.345Ad(0.017)
Total	12.76Aa(2.59)	15.99Ab(1.58)	23.68Ac(3.97)	31.25Ad(3.05)	0.497Aa(0.012)	0.447Ab(0.012)	0.409Ac(0.014)	0.348Ad(0.015)

Different superscripted uppercase letters indicate statistically different means within each column.

Different superscripted lowercase letters indicate statistically different means within each row.