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. 2014 Aug 27;9(8):e105295. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105295

Table 1. Tensile properties of the five-layered poly (lactydo-co-caprolactone) (PLC) membrane and bladder specimens.

Material Ultimate tensile strain (mm/mm) Ultimate tensile strength (MPa) Elastic modulus R1 (MPa) Elastic modulus R2 (MPa)
PLC 4.35 11.4 16.0 2.25
Rat bladder (27) 2.03 0.72 - 0.76
Pig bladder (27) 1.66 0.32 - 0.26
Human bladder (27) 0.69 0.27 - 0.25

The elastic range 1 (R1) was demonstrated up to 24% of strain and the elastic range 2 (R2) between 70 % and 429 %.