Table 4. Physico-chemical characteristics of dyed crusts produced from goat skins.

Property		Method
		Conventional	Enzymatic
Physical	Tensile strength (N.mm−2)	19.00±0.6	27.62±1.0
	Elongation at break (%)	17.00±0.5	38.67±1.2
	Tear strength (N.mm−1)	35.50±1.1	54.75±2.1
	Stitch tear resistance (N.mm−1)	51.37±2.0	20.31±0.7
Chemical	Hide substance (%)	20.10±0.7	13.60±0.4
	Oils and fats (%)	1.95±0.0	1.70±0.0
	Cr2O3 (%)	7.15±0.2	5.32±0.2
	pH	3.63±0.1	3.26±0.1

Values represent means of three samples from three sets of experiments, and ± standard errors are reported.