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Table 2.

Mechanical and physical properties of biofilms of the Spirulina samples dried in tray and in spouted bed without and with cell disruption by milling

Films	Thickness^a (µm)	TS^a (MPa)	E^a (%)	WVP^a (g s⁻¹ m⁻¹ Pa⁻¹) × 10¹¹
TD	163 ± 8ª	0.61 ± 0.09^c	9.41 ± 1.16ª	4.48 ± 0.84^a
TD-M	104 ± 10^b	3.69 ± 0.65^a	1.38 ± 0.09^c	1.67 ± 0.01^c
SB	98 ± 6^b	1.27 ± 0.28^b	5.53 ± 0.22^b	2.48 ± 0.51^b
SB-M	102 ± 12^b	1.63 ± 0.19^b	5.84 ± 0.74^b	2.84 ± 0.45^b

TS tensile strength, E elongation, WPV water vapor permeability, TD tray drying (nondisrupted sample), TD-M tray drying-milling, SB spouted bed (nondisrupted sample), SB-M spouted bed-milling

^aMean values ± standard deviation (n = 3). For each column, values followed by different letters are statistically different (p < 0.05)