Skip to main content

View full-text article in PMC

. 2017 Apr 29;10(5):479. doi: 10.3390/ma10050479

Table 5.

Pearson’s correlation between mechanical properties and characteristic of luffa sponge.

		Young’s Modulus	Tensile Strength	Elongation
S	Pearson Correlation	0.270	0.284	0.344 *
	Sig(2-tailed)	0.092	0.076	0.030
	N	40	40	40
S_N	Pearson Correlation	−0.373 *	−0.201	−0.008
	Sig(2-tailed)	0.018	0.214	0.959
	N	40	40	40
S_F	Pearson Correlation	0.420 **	0.350 *	0.351 *
	Sig(2-tailed)	0.007	0.0270	0.026
	N	40	40	40
S_N%	Pearson Correlation	−0.552 **	−0.409 **	−0.253
	Sig(2-tailed)	0.000	0.009	0.116
	N	40	40	40
S_F%	Pearson Correlation	0.552 **	0.409 **	0.253
	Sig(2-tailed)	0.000	0.009	0.116
	N	40	40	40

* Correlation is considered significant at 0.05 level. ** Correlation is considered significant at 0.01 level.