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Table 3.

Mechanical properties analysis

Film	Tensile strength (MPa)	Elongation (%)	Elastic modulus (MY) (MPa)
Corn starch film (M3)	5.0 ± 0.1^C	62 ± 4^CDE	79 ± 9^BC
Cassava starch film (C3)	3.0 ± 0.5^DE	96 ± 27^BCDE	90 ± 42^B
Chitosan film (Q)	1.1 ± 0.1^F	202 ± 32^A	0.8 ± 0.07^E
Corn starch–chitosan blended film (MQ)	5.3 ± 0.8^C	108 ± 7^BC	44 ± 11^BCDE
Cassava starch–chitosan blended film (CQ)	3.2 ± 0.1^DE	146 ± 9^AB	13 ± 2^E
Corn starch film coated with chitosan (EM)	2.7 ± 0.2^E	77 ± 2^CDE	33 ± 1^BCDE
Cassava starch film coated with chitosan (EC)	2.2 ± 0.3^E	110 ± 20^BC	23 ± 4^DE
Corn starch film coated with crosslinked chitosan (ERM)	2.9 ± 0.2^E	46 ± 9^DE	48 ± 5^BCDE
Cassava starch film coated with crosslinked chitosan (ERC)	2.3 ± 0.2^E	43 ± 6^E	28 ± 2^CDE
PVC based film	17.1 ± 0.7^A	45 ± 6^E	81 ± 2^BC
LDPE based film	3.9 ± 0.4^D	99 ± 50^BCD	71 ± 7^BCD
Corn starch (CS) commercial film	10.1 ± 0.2^B	98 ± 13^BCD	205 ± 45^A

Different letters in the columns indicate that there are statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) between samples through the Tukey’s multiple range tests