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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 21.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Opin Drug Deliv. 2008 Dec;5(12):1357–1376. doi: 10.1517/17425240802583421

Table 3.

Mechanical properties of hot-melt extruded PEO® N-80 (A), and PEO® N-750 (B) films stored at 25°C and different relative humidities (Mean ±SD) (n=6)

A

Relative Humidity Tensile Strength
(MPa)
% Elongation at
Break (%)
Elastic Modulus
(MPa)
(A) 0% RH 11.58 ± 0.26 53.73 ± 3.2 3.30 ± 0.10
(B) 50%RH 11.62 ± 0.34 50.48 ± 2.1 3.42 ± 0.18
(C) 75% RH 9.61 ± 0.28 27.41 ± 1.5 2.06 ± 0.12
Statistical significance p < 0.05 p < 0.05 p < 0.05
A B C A B C A B C
B

Relative Humidity Tensile Strength
(MPa)
% Elongation at
Break (%)
Elastic Modulus
(MPa)
(A) 0% RH 13.98 ± 0.39 687.09 ± 5.2 3.76 ± 0.12
(B) 50% RH 13.56 ± 0.24 657.08 ± 9.5 3.67 ± 0.13
(C) 75% RH 11.58 ± 0.31 427.42 ± 5.8 2.51 ± 0.02
Statistical significance p < 0.05 p < 0.05 p < 0.05
A B C A B C A B C

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